pacemaker
         n 1: a leading instance in its field; "the new policy will be a
               pacesetter in community relations" [syn: {pacesetter},
               {pacemaker}]
         2: a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat
            [syn: {pacemaker}, {cardiac pacemaker}, {sinoatrial node},
            {SA node}]
         3: an implanted electronic device that takes over the function
            of the natural cardiac pacemaker [syn: {pacemaker},
            {artificial pacemaker}]
         4: a horse used to set the pace in racing [syn: {pacer},
            {pacemaker}, {pacesetter}]

English Dictionary: picking	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pachinko n a Japanese pinball game played on a vertical board
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pacing n (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played Synonym(s): tempo, pacing walking with slow regular strides
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
packing n any material used especially to protect something [syn: packing material, packing, wadding] the enclosure of something in a package or box Synonym(s): packing, boxing carrying something in a pack on the back; "the backpacking of oxygen is essential for astronauts" Synonym(s): packing, backpacking
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packing box n a small chamber in which packing is compressed around a reciprocating shaft or piston to form a seal Synonym(s): stuffing box, packing box a large crate in which goods are packed for shipment or storage Synonym(s): packing box, packing case
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
packing case n a large crate in which goods are packed for shipment or storage Synonym(s): packing box, packing case
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
packing material n any material used especially to protect something [syn: packing material, packing, wadding]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
packing needle n a large needle used to sew up canvas packages
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
packing nut n a nut used to tighten a stuffing box [syn: stuffing nut, packing nut]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
packing plant n a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products Synonym(s): packinghouse, packing plant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
packinghouse n a building where foodstuffs are processed and packed; "they came from an apple packinghouse" a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products Synonym(s): packinghouse, packing plant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paganise v make pagan in character; "The Church paganized Christianity" Synonym(s): paganize, paganise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paganism n any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism Synonym(s): paganism, pagan religion, heathenism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paganize v make pagan in character; "The Church paganized Christianity" Synonym(s): paganize, paganise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paging n calling out the name of a person (especially by a loudspeaker system); "the public address system in the hospital was used for paging" the system of numbering pages Synonym(s): pagination, folio, page number, paging
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pasang n large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns Synonym(s): oryx, pasang wild goat of Iran and adjacent regions Synonym(s): bezoar goat, pasang, Capra aegagrus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Passamaquody n a member of the Algonquian people related to the Malecite and living in northeastern Maine and New Brunswick
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
passenger n a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it Synonym(s): passenger, rider
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
passenger car n a railcar where passengers ride [syn: passenger car, coach, carriage]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
passenger pigeon n gregarious North American migratory pigeon now extinct Synonym(s): passenger pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius
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passenger ship n a ship built to carry passengers
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passenger train n a train that carries passengers
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passenger van n a van that carries passengers
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passenger vehicle n a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport; "he always rode the bus to work" Synonym(s): bus, autobus, coach, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
passing adv to an extreme degree; "extremely cold"; "extremely unpleasant" Synonym(s): extremely, exceedingly, super, passing adj lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms" Synonym(s): ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play" Synonym(s): passing(a), pass(a) Antonym(s): running(a) allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily; "a passing grade" hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy" Synonym(s): casual, cursory, passing(a), perfunctory n (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate; "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long" Synonym(s): pass, passing play, passing game, passing euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing" Synonym(s): passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release the motion of one object relative to another; "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets" Synonym(s): passing, passage the end of something; "the passing of winter" a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus" Synonym(s): passage, passing going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it; "she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me" Synonym(s): passing, overtaking success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry" Synonym(s): passing, pass, qualifying Antonym(s): failing, flunk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
passing comment n an incidental remark [syn: obiter dictum, {passing comment}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
passing game n (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate; "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long" Synonym(s): pass, passing play, passing game, passing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
passing note n a nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic notes Synonym(s): passing note, passing tone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
passing play n (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate; "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long" Synonym(s): pass, passing play, passing game, passing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
passing shot n a tennis return that passes an opponent who has approached the net
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
passing tone n a nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic notes Synonym(s): passing note, passing tone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
passing water n a euphemism for urination; "he had to take a leak" [syn: leak, wetting, making water, passing water]
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Passion Sunday n second Sunday before Easter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Passion Week n the week before Easter Synonym(s): Holy Week, Passion Week
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peacemaker n someone who tries to bring peace [syn: conciliator, make-peace, pacifier, peacemaker, reconciler] a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than 500 rounds per minute; used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War Synonym(s): Browning machine gun, Peacemaker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peacenik n someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations Synonym(s): dove, peacenik Antonym(s): hawk, war hawk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pecking order n the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body Synonym(s): hierarchy, power structure, pecking order
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pekinese n a Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle Synonym(s): Pekinese, Pekingese, Peke
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Peking n capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city Synonym(s): Beijing, Peking, Peiping, capital of Red China
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Peking man n fossils found near Beijing, China; they were lost during World War II
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pekingese n a Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle Synonym(s): Pekinese, Pekingese, Peke
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pessimism n the feeling that things will turn out badly [ant: optimism] a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things Antonym(s): optimism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pessimist n a person who expects the worst Antonym(s): optimist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pessimistic adj expecting the worst possible outcome Antonym(s): optimistic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pessimistically adv with pessimism; in a pessimistic manner; "he evaluated his chances for survival rather pessimistically" Antonym(s): optimistically
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phase angle n a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle Synonym(s): phase, phase angle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Phasianus n type genus of the Phasianidae: the typical pheasants [syn: Phasianus, genus Phasianus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Phasianus colchicus n common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ring Synonym(s): ring-necked pheasant, Phasianus colchicus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Phocoena sinus n a short porpoise that lives in the Gulf of California; an endangered species Synonym(s): vaquita, Phocoena sinus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Phoxinus n minnows Synonym(s): Phoxinus, genus Phoxinus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Phoxinus phoxinus n very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams Synonym(s): minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Phycomycetes n a large and probably unnatural group of fungi and funguslike organisms comprising the Mastigomycota (including the Oomycetes) and Zygomycota subdivisions of the division Eumycota; a category not used in all systems Synonym(s): Phycomycetes, Phycomycetes group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Phycomycetes group n a large and probably unnatural group of fungi and funguslike organisms comprising the Mastigomycota (including the Oomycetes) and Zygomycota subdivisions of the division Eumycota; a category not used in all systems Synonym(s): Phycomycetes, Phycomycetes group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phycomycosis n any fungal infection caused by fungi of the Phycomycetes group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Picea engelmannii n tall spruce of Rocky Mountains and British Columbia with blue-green needles and acutely conic crown; wood used for rough lumber and boxes Synonym(s): Engelmann spruce, Engelmann's spruce, Picea engelmannii
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
picking n the quantity of a crop that is harvested; "he sent the first picking of berries to the market"; "it was the biggest peach pick in years" Synonym(s): picking, pick the act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pickings n the act of someone who picks up or takes something; "the pickings were easy"; "clothing could be had for the taking" Synonym(s): pickings, taking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
picknicker n a person who is picnicking Synonym(s): picnicker, picknicker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
picnic n a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering [syn: {field day}, outing, picnic] any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product will be no picnic" Synonym(s): cinch, breeze, picnic, snap, duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover, piece of cake any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion v eat alfresco, in the open air; "We picnicked near the lake on this gorgeous Sunday"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
picnic area n a tract of land set aside for picnicking [syn: {picnic area}, picnic ground]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
picnic ground n a tract of land set aside for picnicking [syn: {picnic area}, picnic ground]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
picnic ham n shoulder of a hog usually smoked [syn: picnic ham, picnic shoulder]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
picnic shoulder n shoulder of a hog usually smoked [syn: picnic ham, picnic shoulder]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
picnicker n a person who is picnicking Synonym(s): picnicker, picknicker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Picumnus n a genus of Picidae Synonym(s): Picumnus, genus Picumnus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pigeon guillemot n northern Pacific guillemot [syn: pigeon guillemot, Cepphus columba]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pigeon hawk n small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail; used in falconry Synonym(s): pigeon hawk, merlin, Falco columbarius
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pigs' knuckles n feet or knuckles of hogs used as food; pickled or stewed or jellied Synonym(s): pigs' feet, pigs' knuckles
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
piousness n righteousness by virtue of being pious [syn: piety, piousness] Antonym(s): impiety, impiousness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
piquance n a tart spicy quality [syn: nip, piquance, piquancy, piquantness, tang, tanginess, zest] the quality of being agreeably stimulating or mentally exciting Synonym(s): piquancy, piquance, piquantness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
piquancy n a tart spicy quality [syn: nip, piquance, piquancy, piquantness, tang, tanginess, zest] the quality of being agreeably stimulating or mentally exciting Synonym(s): piquancy, piquance, piquantness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pisang wax n a wax obtained from the leaves of a plantain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pisanosaur n primitive dinosaur found in Argentina [syn: pisanosaur, pisanosaurus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pisanosaurus n primitive dinosaur found in Argentina [syn: pisanosaur, pisanosaurus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pisonia aculeata n small spiny West Indian tree [syn: cockspur, {Pisonia aculeata}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pissing n informal terms for urination; "he took a pee" [syn: peeing, pee, pissing, piss]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pisum sativum n plant producing peas usually eaten fresh rather than dried Synonym(s): garden pea, garden pea plant, common pea, Pisum sativum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pisum sativum arvense n variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage Synonym(s): field pea, field-pea plant, Austrian winter pea, Pisum sativum arvense, Pisum arvense
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pisum sativum macrocarpon n a variety of pea plant producing peas having soft thick edible pods lacking the fibrous inner lining of the common pea Synonym(s): edible-pod pea, edible-podded pea, Pisum sativum macrocarpon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poaching n cooking in simmering liquid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poison ash n smooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries; yields an irritating oil Synonym(s): poison ash, poison dogwood, poison sumac, Toxicodendron vernix, Rhus vernix
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poison camas n a common perennial death camas; Tennessee to Kansas to Texas Synonym(s): poison camas, Zigadenus nuttalli
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poison gas n a gas that is poisonous to breath or contact; used in chemical warfare
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poison oak n dermatitis resulting from contact with a poison oak plant climbing plant common in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries; yields an irritating oil that causes a rash on contact Synonym(s): poison ivy, markweed, poison mercury, poison oak, Toxicodendron radicans, Rhus radicans
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poison sumac n dermatitis resulting from contact with a poison sumac plant smooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries; yields an irritating oil Synonym(s): poison ash, poison dogwood, poison sumac, Toxicodendron vernix, Rhus vernix
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poisonous adj having the qualities or effects of a poison [syn: poisonous, toxicant] not safe to eat marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "poisonous hate"; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip" Synonym(s): poisonous, venomous, vicious
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poisonous nightshade n poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America Synonym(s): bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, climbing nightshade, deadly nightshade, poisonous nightshade, woody nightshade, Solanum dulcamara
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poisonous parasol n an agaric regarded as poisonous [syn: poisonous parasol, Lepiota morgani]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poisonous plant n a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poisonous substance n any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism Synonym(s): poison, toxicant, poisonous substance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poisonously adv in a very malevolent manner [syn: poisonously, venomously]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poking n a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist" Synonym(s): jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrust, thrusting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
posing n (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait); "he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting" Synonym(s): sitting, posing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
possum oak n relatively tall deciduous water oak of southeastern United States often cultivated as a shade tree; thrives in wet soil Synonym(s): water oak, possum oak, Quercus nigra
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Psenes n a genus of Stromateidae Synonym(s): Psenes, genus Psenes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Puccinia graminis n rust fungus that attacks wheat [syn: wheat rust, Puccinia graminis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pucciniaceae n large important family of rust fungi [syn: Pucciniaceae, family Pucciniaceae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pug nose n a short nose; flattened and turned up at the end
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pug-nose adj having a blunt nose; "a pug-nosed boy with freckles"; "a snub-nosed automatic" Synonym(s): pug-nosed, pug-nose, short-nosed, snub-nosed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pug-nosed adj having a blunt nose; "a pug-nosed boy with freckles"; "a snub-nosed automatic" Synonym(s): pug-nosed, pug-nose, short-nosed, snub-nosed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pugnacious adj tough and callous by virtue of experience [syn: {hard- bitten}, hard-boiled, pugnacious] ready and able to resort to force or violence; "pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville; "they were rough and determined fighting men" Synonym(s): pugnacious, rough
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pugnaciously adv in a pugnacious manner
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pugnacity n a natural disposition to be hostile [syn: aggressiveness, belligerence, pugnacity]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
puissance n power to influence or coerce; "the puissance of the labor vote"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
puking n the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth Synonym(s): vomit, vomiting, emesis, regurgitation, disgorgement, puking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pushiness n offensive boldness and assertiveness [syn: bumptiousness, cockiness, pushiness, forwardness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pushing n the act of applying force in order to move something away; "he gave the door a hard push"; "the pushing is good exercise" Synonym(s): push, pushing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pycnogonid n any of various small spiderlike marine arthropods having small thin bodies and long slender legs Synonym(s): sea spider, pycnogonid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pycnogonida n sea spiders Synonym(s): Pycnogonida, order Pycnogonida
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pycnosis n a degenerative state of the cell nucleus [syn: pycnosis, pyknosis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pygmy chimpanzee n small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species Synonym(s): pygmy chimpanzee, bonobo, Pan paniscus
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pygmy cypress n rare small cypress native to northern California; sometimes considered the same species as gowen cypress Synonym(s): pygmy cypress, Cupressus pigmaea, Cupressus goveniana pigmaea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pygmy sperm whale n small sperm whale of warm waters of both coasts of North America Synonym(s): pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pyknic adj having a squat and fleshy build; "a pyknic practical joke" Synonym(s): endomorphic, pyknic Antonym(s): ectomorphic, mesomorphic, muscular
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pyknic type n round, fat, and heavy Synonym(s): endomorphy, pyknic type
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pyknosis n a degenerative state of the cell nucleus [syn: pycnosis, pyknosis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pyocyanase n a yellow-green mixture of antibiotics obtained from the bacillus of green pus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pyogenic adj producing pus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flea \Flea\, n. [OE. fle, flee, AS. fle[a0], fle[a0]h; akin to       D. [?], OHG. fl[?]h, G. floh, Icel. fl[?], Russ. blocha;       prob. from the root of E. flee. [?] 84. See {Flee}.]       (Zo[94]l.)       An insect belonging to the genus Pulex, of the order       Aphaniptera. Fleas are destitute of wings, but have the power       of leaping energetically. The bite is poisonous to most       persons. The human flea ({Pulex irritans}), abundant in       Europe, is rare in America, where the dog flea ({P. canis})       takes its place. See {Aphaniptera}, and {Dog flea}. See       Illustration in Appendix.          {A flea in the ear}, an unwelcome hint or unexpected reply,             annoying like a flea; an irritating repulse; as, to put a             flea in one's ear; to go away with a flea in one's ear.          {Beach flea}, {Black flea}, etc. See under {Beach}, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pace \Pace\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Paced}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Pacing}.]       1. To go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or             measured steps. [bd]I paced on slowly.[b8] --Pope.             [bd]With speed so pace.[b8] --Shak.          2. To proceed; to pass on. [Obs.]                         Or [ere] that I further in this tale pace.                                                                               --Chaucer.          3. To move quickly by lifting the legs on the same side             together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to rack.          4. To pass away; to die. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pack \Pack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Packed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Packing}.] [Akin to D. pakken, G. packen, Dan. pakke, Sw.       packa, Icel. pakka. See {Pack}, n.]       1. To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a             pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack;             to press into close order or narrow compass; as to pack             goods in a box; to pack fish.                         Strange materials packed up with wonderful art.                                                                               --Addison.                         Where . . . the bones Of all my buried ancestors are                      packed.                                             --Shak.          2. To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and             securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or             to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to             crowd into; as, to pack a trunk; the play, or the             audience, packs the theater.          3. To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure             the game unfairly.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Packing \Pack"ing\, n.       1. The act or process of one who packs.          2. Any material used to pack, fill up, or make close.             Specifically (Mach.): A substance or piece used to make a             joint impervious; as:             (a) A thin layer, or sheet, of yielding or elastic                   material inserted between the surfaces of a flange                   joint.             (b) The substance in a stuffing box, through which a                   piston rod slides.             (c) A yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston                   and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc.          3. (Masonry) Same as {Filling}. [Rare in the U. S.]          4. A trick; collusion. [Obs.] --Bale.          {Cherd packing} (Bridge Building), the arrangement, side by             side, of several parts, as bars, diagonals, a post, etc.,             on a pin at the bottom of a chord. --Waddell.          {Packing box}, a stuffing box. See under {Stuffing}.          {Packing press}, a powerful press for baling cotton, wool,             hay, etc.          {Packing ring}. See {Packing}, 2             (c), and Illust. of {Piston}.          {Packing sheet}.             (a) A large cloth for packing goods.             (b) A sheet prepared for packing hydropathic patients.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Packing \Pack"ing\, n.       1. The act or process of one who packs.          2. Any material used to pack, fill up, or make close.             Specifically (Mach.): A substance or piece used to make a             joint impervious; as:             (a) A thin layer, or sheet, of yielding or elastic                   material inserted between the surfaces of a flange                   joint.             (b) The substance in a stuffing box, through which a                   piston rod slides.             (c) A yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston                   and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc.          3. (Masonry) Same as {Filling}. [Rare in the U. S.]          4. A trick; collusion. [Obs.] --Bale.          {Cherd packing} (Bridge Building), the arrangement, side by             side, of several parts, as bars, diagonals, a post, etc.,             on a pin at the bottom of a chord. --Waddell.          {Packing box}, a stuffing box. See under {Stuffing}.          {Packing press}, a powerful press for baling cotton, wool,             hay, etc.          {Packing ring}. See {Packing}, 2             (c), and Illust. of {Piston}.          {Packing sheet}.             (a) A large cloth for packing goods.             (b) A sheet prepared for packing hydropathic patients.
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Packing \Pack"ing\, n.       1. The act or process of one who packs.          2. Any material used to pack, fill up, or make close.             Specifically (Mach.): A substance or piece used to make a             joint impervious; as:             (a) A thin layer, or sheet, of yielding or elastic                   material inserted between the surfaces of a flange                   joint.             (b) The substance in a stuffing box, through which a                   piston rod slides.             (c) A yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston                   and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc.          3. (Masonry) Same as {Filling}. [Rare in the U. S.]          4. A trick; collusion. [Obs.] --Bale.          {Cherd packing} (Bridge Building), the arrangement, side by             side, of several parts, as bars, diagonals, a post, etc.,             on a pin at the bottom of a chord. --Waddell.          {Packing box}, a stuffing box. See under {Stuffing}.          {Packing press}, a powerful press for baling cotton, wool,             hay, etc.          {Packing ring}. See {Packing}, 2             (c), and Illust. of {Piston}.          {Packing sheet}.             (a) A large cloth for packing goods.             (b) A sheet prepared for packing hydropathic patients.
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Packing \Pack"ing\, n.       1. The act or process of one who packs.          2. Any material used to pack, fill up, or make close.             Specifically (Mach.): A substance or piece used to make a             joint impervious; as:             (a) A thin layer, or sheet, of yielding or elastic                   material inserted between the surfaces of a flange                   joint.             (b) The substance in a stuffing box, through which a                   piston rod slides.             (c) A yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston                   and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc.          3. (Masonry) Same as {Filling}. [Rare in the U. S.]          4. A trick; collusion. [Obs.] --Bale.          {Cherd packing} (Bridge Building), the arrangement, side by             side, of several parts, as bars, diagonals, a post, etc.,             on a pin at the bottom of a chord. --Waddell.          {Packing box}, a stuffing box. See under {Stuffing}.          {Packing press}, a powerful press for baling cotton, wool,             hay, etc.          {Packing ring}. See {Packing}, 2             (c), and Illust. of {Piston}.          {Packing sheet}.             (a) A large cloth for packing goods.             (b) A sheet prepared for packing hydropathic patients.
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Packing \Pack"ing\, n.       1. The act or process of one who packs.          2. Any material used to pack, fill up, or make close.             Specifically (Mach.): A substance or piece used to make a             joint impervious; as:             (a) A thin layer, or sheet, of yielding or elastic                   material inserted between the surfaces of a flange                   joint.             (b) The substance in a stuffing box, through which a                   piston rod slides.             (c) A yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston                   and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc.          3. (Masonry) Same as {Filling}. [Rare in the U. S.]          4. A trick; collusion. [Obs.] --Bale.          {Cherd packing} (Bridge Building), the arrangement, side by             side, of several parts, as bars, diagonals, a post, etc.,             on a pin at the bottom of a chord. --Waddell.          {Packing box}, a stuffing box. See under {Stuffing}.          {Packing press}, a powerful press for baling cotton, wool,             hay, etc.          {Packing ring}. See {Packing}, 2             (c), and Illust. of {Piston}.          {Packing sheet}.             (a) A large cloth for packing goods.             (b) A sheet prepared for packing hydropathic patients.
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Paganic \Pa*gan"ic\ (p[adot]*g[acr]n"[icr]k), Paganical    \Pa*gan"ic*al\ (-[icr]*k[ait]l), a.       Of or pertaining to pagans or paganism; heathenish; paganish.       [R.] [bd]The paganic fables of the goods.[b8] --Cudworth. --       {Pa*gan"ic*al*ly}, adv. [R.]
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Paganic \Pa*gan"ic\ (p[adot]*g[acr]n"[icr]k), Paganical    \Pa*gan"ic*al\ (-[icr]*k[ait]l), a.       Of or pertaining to pagans or paganism; heathenish; paganish.       [R.] [bd]The paganic fables of the goods.[b8] --Cudworth. --       {Pa*gan"ic*al*ly}, adv. [R.]
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Paganic \Pa*gan"ic\ (p[adot]*g[acr]n"[icr]k), Paganical    \Pa*gan"ic*al\ (-[icr]*k[ait]l), a.       Of or pertaining to pagans or paganism; heathenish; paganish.       [R.] [bd]The paganic fables of the goods.[b8] --Cudworth. --       {Pa*gan"ic*al*ly}, adv. [R.]
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Paganish \Pa"gan*ish\ (p[amac]"g[ait]n*[icr]sh), a.       Of or pertaining to pagans; heathenish. [bd]The old paganish       idolatry.[b8] --Sharp
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Paganism \Pa"gan*ism\ (-[icr]z'm), n. [L. paganismus: cf. F.       paganisme. See {Pagan}, and cf. {Painim}.]       The state of being pagan; pagan characteristics; esp., the       worship of idols or false gods, or the system of religious       opinions and worship maintained by pagans; heathenism.
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Paganize \Pa"gan*ize\ (p[amac]"g[ait]n*[imac]z), v. t. [imp. &       p. p. {Paganized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paganizing}.]       To render pagan or heathenish; to convert to paganism.       --Hallywell.
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Paganize \Pa"gan*ize\, v. i.       To behave like pagans. --Milton.
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Paganize \Pa"gan*ize\ (p[amac]"g[ait]n*[imac]z), v. t. [imp. &       p. p. {Paganized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paganizing}.]       To render pagan or heathenish; to convert to paganism.       --Hallywell.
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Paganize \Pa"gan*ize\ (p[amac]"g[ait]n*[imac]z), v. t. [imp. &       p. p. {Paganized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paganizing}.]       To render pagan or heathenish; to convert to paganism.       --Hallywell.
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Page \Page\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paged}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Paging}.]       To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript; to       furnish with folios.
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Paging \Pa"ging\, n.       The marking or numbering of the pages of a book.
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Pyjamas \Py*ja"mas\, [or], chiefly U. S., Pajamas \Pa*ja"mas\,       n. pl.       A garment, similar to the Oriental pyjama (which see),       adopted among Europeans, Americans, and other Occidentals,       for wear in the dressing room and during sleep; also, a suit       of drawers and blouse for such wear.
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Pajamas \Pa*ja"mas\, n. pl. [Hind. p[be]-j[be]ma, p[be]ej[be]ma,       lit., leg closing.]       Originally, in India, loose drawers or trousers, such as       those worn, tied about the waist, by Mohammedan men and       women; by extension, a similar garment adopted among       Europeans, Americans, etc., for wear in the dressing room and       during sleep; also, a suit consisting of drawers and a loose       upper garment for such wear.
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Paseng \Pa*seng"\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The wild or bezoar goat. See {Goat}.
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Passenger \Pas"sen*ger\, n. [OE. & F. passager. See {Passage},       and cf. {Messenger}.]       1. A passer or passer-by; a wayfarer. --Shak.          2. A traveler by some established conveyance, as a coach,             steamboat, railroad train, etc.          {Passenger falcon} (Zo[94]l.), a migratory hawk. --Ainsworth.          {Passenger pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the common wild pigeon of             North America ({Ectopistes migratorius}), so called on             account of its extensive migrations.
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Passenger \Pas"sen*ger\, n. [OE. & F. passager. See {Passage},       and cf. {Messenger}.]       1. A passer or passer-by; a wayfarer. --Shak.          2. A traveler by some established conveyance, as a coach,             steamboat, railroad train, etc.          {Passenger falcon} (Zo[94]l.), a migratory hawk. --Ainsworth.          {Passenger pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the common wild pigeon of             North America ({Ectopistes migratorius}), so called on             account of its extensive migrations.
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Passenger mile \Pas"sen*ger mile\ (Railroads)       A unit of measurement of the passenger transportation       performed by a railroad during a given period, usually a       year, the total of which consists of the sum of the miles       traversed by all the passengers on the road in the period in       question.
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Passenger mileage \Passenger mileage\ (Railroads)       Passenger miles collectively; the total number of miles       traveled by passengers on a railroad during a given period.
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Passenger \Pas"sen*ger\, n. [OE. & F. passager. See {Passage},       and cf. {Messenger}.]       1. A passer or passer-by; a wayfarer. --Shak.          2. A traveler by some established conveyance, as a coach,             steamboat, railroad train, etc.          {Passenger falcon} (Zo[94]l.), a migratory hawk. --Ainsworth.          {Passenger pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the common wild pigeon of             North America ({Ectopistes migratorius}), so called on             account of its extensive migrations.
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Pass \Pass\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Passed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Passing}.] [F. passer, LL. passare, fr. L. passus step, or       from pandere, passum, to spread out, lay open. See {Pace}.]       1. To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred             from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually             with a following adverb or adverbal phrase defining the             kind or manner of motion; as, to pass on, by, out, in,             etc.; to pass swiftly, directly, smoothly, etc.; to pass             to the rear, under the yoke, over the bridge, across the             field, beyond the border, etc. [bd]But now pass over [i.             e., pass on].[b8] --Chaucer.                         On high behests his angels to and fro Passed                      frequent.                                          --Milton.                         Sweet sounds rose slowly through their mouths, And                      from their bodies passed.                  --Coleridge.          2. To move or be transferred from one state or condition to             another; to change possession, condition, or             circumstances; to undergo transition; as, the business has             passed into other hands.                         Others, dissatisfied with what they have, . . . pass                      from just to unjust.                           --Sir W.                                                                               Temple.          3. To move beyond the range of the senses or of knowledge; to             pass away; hence, to disappear; to vanish; to depart;             specifically, to depart from life; to die.                         Disturb him not, let him pass paceably. --Shak.                         Beauty is a charm, but soon the charm will pass.                                                                               --Dryden.                         The passing of the sweetest soul That ever looked                      with human eyes.                                 --Tennyson.          4. To move or to come into being or under notice; to come and             go in consciousness; hence, to take place; to occur; to             happen; to come; to occur progressively or in succession;             to be present transitorily.                         So death passed upon all men.            --Rom. v. 12.                         Our own consciousness of what passes within our own                      mind.                                                --I. Watts.          5. To go by or glide by, as time; to elapse; to be spent; as,             their vacation passed pleasantly.                         Now the time is far passed.               --Mark vi. 35          6. To go from one person to another; hence, to be given and             taken freely; as, clipped coin will not pass; to obtain             general acceptance; to be held or regarded; to circulate;             to be current; -- followed by for before a word denoting             value or estimation. [bd]Let him pass for a man.[b8]             --Shak.                         False eloquence passeth only where true is not                      understood.                                       --Felton.                         This will not pass for a fault in him. --Atterbury.          7. To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to             validity or effectiveness; to be carried through a body             that has power to sanction or reject; to receive             legislative sanction; to be enacted; as, the resolution             passed; the bill passed both houses of Congress.          8. To go through any inspection or test successfully; to be             approved or accepted; as, he attempted the examination,             but did not expect to pass.          9. To be suffered to go on; to be tolerated; hence, to             continue; to live along. [bd]The play may pass.[b8]             --Shak.          10. To go unheeded or neglected; to proceed without hindrance             or opposition; as, we let this act pass.          11. To go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in excess. [Obs.]             [bd]This passes, Master Ford.[b8] --Shak.          12. To take heed; to care. [Obs.]                         As for these silken-coated slaves, I pass not.                                                                               --Shak.          13. To go through the intestines. --Arbuthnot.          14. (Law) To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or             other instrument of conveyance; as, an estate passes by a             certain clause in a deed. --Mozley & W.          15. (Fencing) To make a lunge or pass; to thrust.          16. (Card Playing & other games) To decline to take an             optional action when it is one's turn, as to decline to             bid, or to bet, or to play a card; in euchre, to decline             to make the trump.                         She would not play, yet must not pass. --Prior.          17. In football, hockey, etc., to make a pass; to transfer             the ball, etc., to another player of one's own side.             [Webster 1913 Suppl.]          {To bring to pass}, {To come to pass}. See under {Bring}, and             {Come}.          {To pass away}, to disappear; to die; to vanish. [bd]The             heavens shall pass away.[b8] --2 Pet. iii. 10. [bd]I             thought to pass away before, but yet alive I am.[b8]             --Tennyson.          {To pass by}, to go near and beyond a certain person or             place; as, he passed by as we stood there.          {To pass into}, to change by a gradual transmission; to blend             or unite with.          {To pass on}, to proceed.          {To pass on} [or] {upon}.             (a) To happen to; to come upon; to affect. [bd]So death                   passed upon all men.[b8] --Rom. v. 12. [bd]Provided                   no indirect act pass upon our prayers to define                   them.[b8] --Jer. Taylor.             (b) To determine concerning; to give judgment or sentence                   upon. [bd]We may not pass upon his life.[b8] --Shak.          {To pass off}, to go away; to cease; to disappear; as, an             agitation passes off.          {To pass over}, to go from one side or end to the other; to             cross, as a river, road, or bridge.
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Passing \Pass"ing\, a.       1. Relating to the act of passing or going; going by, beyond,             through, or away; departing.          2. Exceeding; surpassing, eminent. --Chaucer. [bd]Her passing             deformity.[b8] --Shak.          {Passing note} (Mus.), a character including a passing tone.                      {Passing tone} (Mus.), a tone introduced between two other             tones, on an unaccented portion of a measure, for the sake             of smoother melody, but forming no essential part of the             harmony.
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Passing \Pass"ing\, adv.       Exceedingly; excessively; surpassingly; as, passing fair;       passing strange. [bd]You apprehend passing shrewdly.[b8]       --Shak.
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Passing \Pass"ing\, n.       The act of one who, or that which, passes; the act of going       by or away.          {Passing bell}, a tolling of a bell to announce that a soul             is passing, or has passed, from its body (formerly done to             invoke prayers for the dying); also, a tolling during the             passing of a funeral procession to the grave, or during             funeral ceremonies. --Sir W. Scott. --Longfellow.
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Passing \Pass"ing\, n.       The act of one who, or that which, passes; the act of going       by or away.          {Passing bell}, a tolling of a bell to announce that a soul             is passing, or has passed, from its body (formerly done to             invoke prayers for the dying); also, a tolling during the             passing of a funeral procession to the grave, or during             funeral ceremonies. --Sir W. Scott. --Longfellow.
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Paspy \Pas"py\, n. [F. passe-pied.]       A kind of minuet, in triple time, of French origin, popular       in the reign of Queen Elizabeth and for some time after; --       called also {passing measure}, and {passymeasure}. --Percy       Smith.
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Passing \Pass"ing\, a.       1. Relating to the act of passing or going; going by, beyond,             through, or away; departing.          2. Exceeding; surpassing, eminent. --Chaucer. [bd]Her passing             deformity.[b8] --Shak.          {Passing note} (Mus.), a character including a passing tone.                      {Passing tone} (Mus.), a tone introduced between two other             tones, on an unaccented portion of a measure, for the sake             of smoother melody, but forming no essential part of the             harmony.
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Passing \Pass"ing\, a.       1. Relating to the act of passing or going; going by, beyond,             through, or away; departing.          2. Exceeding; surpassing, eminent. --Chaucer. [bd]Her passing             deformity.[b8] --Shak.          {Passing note} (Mus.), a character including a passing tone.                      {Passing tone} (Mus.), a tone introduced between two other             tones, on an unaccented portion of a measure, for the sake             of smoother melody, but forming no essential part of the             harmony.
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Passingly \Pass"ing*ly\, adv.       Exceedingly. --Wyclif.
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Passion \Pas"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. passio, fr. pati, passus, to       suffer. See {Patient}.]       1. A suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any             suffering or distress (as, a cardiac passion);             specifically, the suffering of Christ between the time of             the last supper and his death, esp. in the garden upon the             cross. [bd]The passions of this time.[b8] --Wyclif (Rom.             viii. 18).                         To whom also he showed himself alive after his                      passion, by many infallible proofs.   --Acts i. 3.          2. The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external             agent or influence; a passive condition; -- opposed to             action.                         A body at rest affords us no idea of any active                      power to move, and, when set is motion, it is rather                      a passion than an action in it.         --Locke.          3. Capacity of being affected by external agents;             susceptibility of impressions from external agents. [R.]                         Moldable and not moldable, scissible and not                      scissible, and many other passions of matter.                                                                               --Bacon.          4. The state of the mind when it is powerfully acted upon and             influenced by something external to itself; the state of             any particular faculty which, under such conditions,             becomes extremely sensitive or uncontrollably excited; any             emotion or sentiment (specifically, love or anger) in a             state of abnormal or controlling activity; an extreme or             inordinate desire; also, the capacity or susceptibility of             being so affected; as, to be in a passion; the passions of             love, hate, jealously, wrath, ambition, avarice, fear,             etc.; a passion for war, or for drink; an orator should             have passion as well as rhetorical skill. [bd]A passion             fond even to idolatry.[b8] --Macaulay. [bd]Her passion is             to seek roses.[b8] --Lady M. W. Montagu.                         We also are men of like passions with you. --Acts                                                                               xiv. 15.                         The nature of the human mind can not be sufficiently                      understood, without considering the affections and                      passions, or those modifications or actions of the                      mind consequent upon the apprehension of certain                      objects or events in which the mind generally                      conceives good or evil.                     --Hutcheson.                         The term passion, and its adverb passionately, often                      express a very strong predilection for any pursuit,                      or object of taste -- a kind of enthusiastic                      fondness for anything.                        --Cogan.                         The bravery of his grief did put me Into a towering                      passion.                                             --Shak.                         The ruling passion, be it what it will, The ruling                      passion conquers reason still.            --Pope.                         Who walked in every path of human life, Felt every                      passion.                                             --Akenside.                         When statesmen are ruled by faction and interest,                      they can have no passion for the glory of their                      country.                                             --Addison.          5. Disorder of the mind; madness. [Obs.] --Shak.          6. Passion week. See {Passion week}, below. --R. of Gl.          {Passion flower} (Bot.), any flower or plant of the genus             {Passiflora}; -- so named from a fancied resemblance of             parts of the flower to the instruments of our Savior's             crucifixion.          Note: The flowers are showy, and the fruit is sometimes                highly esteemed (see {Granadilla}, and {Maypop}). The                roots and leaves are generally more or less noxious,                and are used in medicine. The plants are mostly tendril                climbers, and are commonest in the warmer parts of                America, though a few species are Asiatic or                Australian.          {Passion music} (Mus.), originally, music set to the gospel             narrative of the passion of our Lord; after the             Reformation, a kind of oratorio, with narrative, chorals,             airs, and choruses, having for its theme the passion and             crucifixion of Christ.          {Passion play}, a mystery play, in which the scenes connected             with the passion of our Savior are represented             dramatically.          {Passion Sunday} (Eccl.), the fifth Sunday in Lent, or the             second before Easter.          {Passion Week}, the last week but one in Lent, or the second             week preceding Easter. [bd]The name of Passion week is             frequently, but improperly, applied to Holy Week.[b8]             --Shipley.          Syn: {Passion}, {Feeling}, {Emotion}.          Usage: When any feeling or emotion completely masters the                   mind, we call it a passion; as, a passion for music,                   dress, etc.; especially is anger (when thus extreme)                   called passion. The mind, in such cases, is considered                   as having lost its self-control, and become the                   passive instrument of the feeling in question.
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Passion \Pas"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. passio, fr. pati, passus, to       suffer. See {Patient}.]       1. A suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any             suffering or distress (as, a cardiac passion);             specifically, the suffering of Christ between the time of             the last supper and his death, esp. in the garden upon the             cross. [bd]The passions of this time.[b8] --Wyclif (Rom.             viii. 18).                         To whom also he showed himself alive after his                      passion, by many infallible proofs.   --Acts i. 3.          2. The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external             agent or influence; a passive condition; -- opposed to             action.                         A body at rest affords us no idea of any active                      power to move, and, when set is motion, it is rather                      a passion than an action in it.         --Locke.          3. Capacity of being affected by external agents;             susceptibility of impressions from external agents. [R.]                         Moldable and not moldable, scissible and not                      scissible, and many other passions of matter.                                                                               --Bacon.          4. The state of the mind when it is powerfully acted upon and             influenced by something external to itself; the state of             any particular faculty which, under such conditions,             becomes extremely sensitive or uncontrollably excited; any             emotion or sentiment (specifically, love or anger) in a             state of abnormal or controlling activity; an extreme or             inordinate desire; also, the capacity or susceptibility of             being so affected; as, to be in a passion; the passions of             love, hate, jealously, wrath, ambition, avarice, fear,             etc.; a passion for war, or for drink; an orator should             have passion as well as rhetorical skill. [bd]A passion             fond even to idolatry.[b8] --Macaulay. [bd]Her passion is             to seek roses.[b8] --Lady M. W. Montagu.                         We also are men of like passions with you. --Acts                                                                               xiv. 15.                         The nature of the human mind can not be sufficiently                      understood, without considering the affections and                      passions, or those modifications or actions of the                      mind consequent upon the apprehension of certain                      objects or events in which the mind generally                      conceives good or evil.                     --Hutcheson.                         The term passion, and its adverb passionately, often                      express a very strong predilection for any pursuit,                      or object of taste -- a kind of enthusiastic                      fondness for anything.                        --Cogan.                         The bravery of his grief did put me Into a towering                      passion.                                             --Shak.                         The ruling passion, be it what it will, The ruling                      passion conquers reason still.            --Pope.                         Who walked in every path of human life, Felt every                      passion.                                             --Akenside.                         When statesmen are ruled by faction and interest,                      they can have no passion for the glory of their                      country.                                             --Addison.          5. Disorder of the mind; madness. [Obs.] --Shak.          6. Passion week. See {Passion week}, below. --R. of Gl.          {Passion flower} (Bot.), any flower or plant of the genus             {Passiflora}; -- so named from a fancied resemblance of             parts of the flower to the instruments of our Savior's             crucifixion.          Note: The flowers are showy, and the fruit is sometimes                highly esteemed (see {Granadilla}, and {Maypop}). The                roots and leaves are generally more or less noxious,                and are used in medicine. The plants are mostly tendril                climbers, and are commonest in the warmer parts of                America, though a few species are Asiatic or                Australian.          {Passion music} (Mus.), originally, music set to the gospel             narrative of the passion of our Lord; after the             Reformation, a kind of oratorio, with narrative, chorals,             airs, and choruses, having for its theme the passion and             crucifixion of Christ.          {Passion play}, a mystery play, in which the scenes connected             with the passion of our Savior are represented             dramatically.          {Passion Sunday} (Eccl.), the fifth Sunday in Lent, or the             second before Easter.          {Passion Week}, the last week but one in Lent, or the second             week preceding Easter. [bd]The name of Passion week is             frequently, but improperly, applied to Holy Week.[b8]             --Shipley.          Syn: {Passion}, {Feeling}, {Emotion}.          Usage: When any feeling or emotion completely masters the                   mind, we call it a passion; as, a passion for music,                   dress, etc.; especially is anger (when thus extreme)                   called passion. The mind, in such cases, is considered                   as having lost its self-control, and become the                   passive instrument of the feeling in question.
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Sunday \Sun"day\, n. [AS. sunnand[91]g; sunne, gen. sunnan, the       sun + d[91]g day; akin to D. zondag, G. sonntag; -- so called       because this day was anciently dedicated to the sun, or to       its worship. See {Sun}, and {Day}.]       The first day of the week, -- consecrated among Christians to       rest from secular employments, and to religious worship; the       Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day.          {Advent Sunday}, {Low Sunday}, {Passion Sunday}, etc. See             under {Advent}, {Low}, etc.          Syn: See {Sabbath}.
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Passion \Pas"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. passio, fr. pati, passus, to       suffer. See {Patient}.]       1. A suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any             suffering or distress (as, a cardiac passion);             specifically, the suffering of Christ between the time of             the last supper and his death, esp. in the garden upon the             cross. [bd]The passions of this time.[b8] --Wyclif (Rom.             viii. 18).                         To whom also he showed himself alive after his                      passion, by many infallible proofs.   --Acts i. 3.          2. The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external             agent or influence; a passive condition; -- opposed to             action.                         A body at rest affords us no idea of any active                      power to move, and, when set is motion, it is rather                      a passion than an action in it.         --Locke.          3. Capacity of being affected by external agents;             susceptibility of impressions from external agents. [R.]                         Moldable and not moldable, scissible and not                      scissible, and many other passions of matter.                                                                               --Bacon.          4. The state of the mind when it is powerfully acted upon and             influenced by something external to itself; the state of             any particular faculty which, under such conditions,             becomes extremely sensitive or uncontrollably excited; any             emotion or sentiment (specifically, love or anger) in a             state of abnormal or controlling activity; an extreme or             inordinate desire; also, the capacity or susceptibility of             being so affected; as, to be in a passion; the passions of             love, hate, jealously, wrath, ambition, avarice, fear,             etc.; a passion for war, or for drink; an orator should             have passion as well as rhetorical skill. [bd]A passion             fond even to idolatry.[b8] --Macaulay. [bd]Her passion is             to seek roses.[b8] --Lady M. W. Montagu.                         We also are men of like passions with you. --Acts                                                                               xiv. 15.                         The nature of the human mind can not be sufficiently                      understood, without considering the affections and                      passions, or those modifications or actions of the                      mind consequent upon the apprehension of certain                      objects or events in which the mind generally                      conceives good or evil.                     --Hutcheson.                         The term passion, and its adverb passionately, often                      express a very strong predilection for any pursuit,                      or object of taste -- a kind of enthusiastic                      fondness for anything.                        --Cogan.                         The bravery of his grief did put me Into a towering                      passion.                                             --Shak.                         The ruling passion, be it what it will, The ruling                      passion conquers reason still.            --Pope.                         Who walked in every path of human life, Felt every                      passion.                                             --Akenside.                         When statesmen are ruled by faction and interest,                      they can have no passion for the glory of their                      country.                                             --Addison.          5. Disorder of the mind; madness. [Obs.] --Shak.          6. Passion week. See {Passion week}, below. --R. of Gl.          {Passion flower} (Bot.), any flower or plant of the genus             {Passiflora}; -- so named from a fancied resemblance of             parts of the flower to the instruments of our Savior's             crucifixion.          Note: The flowers are showy, and the fruit is sometimes                highly esteemed (see {Granadilla}, and {Maypop}). The                roots and leaves are generally more or less noxious,                and are used in medicine. The plants are mostly tendril                climbers, and are commonest in the warmer parts of                America, though a few species are Asiatic or                Australian.          {Passion music} (Mus.), originally, music set to the gospel             narrative of the passion of our Lord; after the             Reformation, a kind of oratorio, with narrative, chorals,             airs, and choruses, having for its theme the passion and             crucifixion of Christ.          {Passion play}, a mystery play, in which the scenes connected             with the passion of our Savior are represented             dramatically.          {Passion Sunday} (Eccl.), the fifth Sunday in Lent, or the             second before Easter.          {Passion Week}, the last week but one in Lent, or the second             week preceding Easter. [bd]The name of Passion week is             frequently, but improperly, applied to Holy Week.[b8]             --Shipley.          Syn: {Passion}, {Feeling}, {Emotion}.          Usage: When any feeling or emotion completely masters the                   mind, we call it a passion; as, a passion for music,                   dress, etc.; especially is anger (when thus extreme)                   called passion. The mind, in such cases, is considered                   as having lost its self-control, and become the                   passive instrument of the feeling in question.
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Passionist \Pas"sion*ist\, n. (R. C. Ch.)       A member of a religious order founded in Italy in 1737, and       introduced into the United States in 1852. The members of the       order unite the austerities of the Trappists with the       activity and zeal of the Jesuits and Lazarists. Called also       Barefooted Clerks of the Most Holy Cross.
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Paspy \Pas"py\, n. [F. passe-pied.]       A kind of minuet, in triple time, of French origin, popular       in the reign of Queen Elizabeth and for some time after; --       called also {passing measure}, and {passymeasure}. --Percy       Smith.
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Passymeasure \Pas"sy*meas`ure\, n. [Corrupted fr. It.       passamezzo.] [Obs.]       See {Paspy}. --Shak.
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Paspy \Pas"py\, n. [F. passe-pied.]       A kind of minuet, in triple time, of French origin, popular       in the reign of Queen Elizabeth and for some time after; --       called also {passing measure}, and {passymeasure}. --Percy       Smith.
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Passymeasure \Pas"sy*meas`ure\, n. [Corrupted fr. It.       passamezzo.] [Obs.]       See {Paspy}. --Shak.
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Pause \Pause\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Paused}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Pausing}.] [Cf. F. pauser, L. pausare. See {Pause}, n.,       {Pose}.]       1. To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit             speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest. [bd]Tarry,             pause a day or two.[b8] --Shak.                         Pausing while, thus to herself she mused. --Milton.          2. To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses.          3. To hesitate; to hold back; to delay. [R.]                         Why doth the Jew pause? Take thy forfeiture. --Shak.
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Pausingly \Paus"ing*ly\, adv.       With pauses; haltingly. --Shak.
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Peacemaker \Peace"mak`er\, n.       One who makes peace by reconciling parties that are at       variance. --Matt. v. 9. --{Peace"mak`ing}, n.
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Peacemaker \Peace"mak`er\, n.       One who makes peace by reconciling parties that are at       variance. --Matt. v. 9. --{Peace"mak`ing}, n.
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Peaking \Peak"ing\, a.       1. Mean; sneaking. [Vulgar]          2. Pining; sickly; peakish. [Colloq.]
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Peak \Peak\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Peaked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Peaking}.]       1. To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear             as, a peak.                         There peaketh up a mighty high mount. --Holand.          2. To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look             thin or sicky. [bd]Dwindle, peak, and pine.[b8] --Shak.          3. [Cf. {Peek}.] To pry; to peep slyly. --Shak.          {Peak arch} (Arch.), a pointed or Gothic arch.
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Peccancy \Pec"can*cy\, n. [L. peccantia.]       1. The quality or state of being peccant.          2. A sin; an offense. --W. Montagu.
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Peck \Peck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pecked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Pecking}.] [See {Pick}, v.]       1. To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a             bird pecks a tree.          2. Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with             a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc.,             with repeated quick movements.          3. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak;             to bite; to eat; -- often with up. --Addison.                         This fellow pecks up wit as pigeons peas. --Shak.          4. To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed             instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree.
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Pecunious \Pe*cu"ni*ous\, a. [L. pecuniosus, fr. pecunia: cf. F.       p[82]cunieux.]       Abounding in money; wealthy; rich. [Obs.] --Sherwood.
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Peg \Peg\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pegged}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Pegging}.]       1. To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to             peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit             closely.                         I will rend an oak And peg thee in his knotty                      entrails.                                          --Shak.          2. (Cribbage) To score with a peg, as points in the game; as,             she pegged twelwe points. [Colloq.]
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Pegging \Peg"ging\, n.       The act or process of fastening with pegs.
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Pessimism \Pes"si*mism\, n. [L. pessimus worst, superl. of pejor       worse: cf. F. pessimisme. Cf. {Impair}.]       1. (Metaph.) The opinion or doctrine that everything in             nature is ordered for or tends to the worst, or that the             world is wholly evil; -- opposed to {optimism}.          2. A disposition to take the least hopeful view of things.
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Pessimist \Pes"si*mist\, n. [L. pessimus worst: cf. F.       pessimiste.]       1. (Metaph.) One who advocates the doctrine of pessimism; --             opposed to {optimist}.          2. One who looks on the dark side of things.
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Pessimist \Pes"si*mist\, Pessimistic \Pes`si*mis"tic\, a.       (Metaph.)       Of or pertaining to pessimism; characterized by pessimism;       gloomy; foreboding. [bd]Giving utterance to pessimistic       doubt.[b8] --Encyc. Brit.
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Pessimist \Pes"si*mist\, Pessimistic \Pes`si*mis"tic\, a.       (Metaph.)       Of or pertaining to pessimism; characterized by pessimism;       gloomy; foreboding. [bd]Giving utterance to pessimistic       doubt.[b8] --Encyc. Brit.
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Pessimistical \Pes`si*mis"tic*al\, a.       Pessimistic.
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Pessimize \Pes"si*mize\, v. i.       To hold or advocate the doctrine of pessimism. --London Sat.       Rev.
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Phase angle \Phase angle\ (Elec.)       The angle expressing phase relation.
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Note: The          {common, [or] English, {pheasant} ({Phasianus Colchicus}) is             now found over most of temperate Europe, but was             introduced from Asia. The          {ring-necked pheasant} ({P. torquatus}) and the          {green pheasant} ({P. versicolor}) have been introduced into             Oregon. The          {golden pheasant} ({Thaumalea picta}) is one of the most             beautiful species. The          {silver pheasant} ({Euplocamus nychthemerus}) of China, and             several related species from Southern Asia, are very             beautiful.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The ruffed grouse. [Southern U.S.]          Note: Various other birds are locally called pheasants, as                the lyre bird, the leipoa, etc.          {Fireback pheasant}. See {Fireback}.          {Gold}, [or] {Golden}, {pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), a Chinese             pheasant ({Thaumalea picta}), having rich, varied colors.             The crest is amber-colored, the rump is golden yellow, and             the under parts are scarlet.          {Mountain pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. [Local,             U.S.]          {Pheasant coucal} (Zo[94]l.), a large Australian cuckoo             ({Centropus phasianus}). The general color is black, with             chestnut wings and brown tail. Called also {pheasant             cuckoo}. The name is also applied to other allied species.                      {Pheasant duck}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The pintail.             (b) The hooded merganser.          {Pheasant parrot} (Zo[94]l.), a large and beautiful             Australian parrakeet ({Platycercus Adelaidensis}). The             male has the back black, the feathers margined with             yellowish blue and scarlet, the quills deep blue, the wing             coverts and cheeks light blue, the crown, sides of the             neck, breast, and middle of the belly scarlet.          {Pheasant's eye}. (Bot.)             (a) A red-flowered herb ({Adonis autumnalis}) of the                   Crowfoot family; -- called also {pheasant's-eye                   Adonis}.             (b) The garden pink ({Dianthus plumarius}); -- called also                   {Pheasant's-eye pink}.          {Pheasant shell} (Zo[94]l.), any marine univalve shell of the             genus {Phasianella}, of which numerous species are found             in tropical seas. The shell is smooth and usually richly             colored, the colors often forming blotches like those of a             pheasant.          {Pheasant wood}. (Bot.) Same as {Partridge wood}             (a), under {Partridge}.          {Sea pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), the pintail.          {Water pheasant}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The sheldrake.             (b) The hooded merganser.
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Phasing \Phas"ing\, a. (Elec.)       Pertaining to phase or differences of phase.
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Phasing current \Phasing current\       The momentary current between two alternating-current       generators when juxtaposed in parallel and not agreeing       exactly in phase or period.
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Phasing transformer \Phasing transformer\       Any of several transformers (there must be at least two) for       changing phase.
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Phocenic \Pho*cen"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] a porpoise.] (Chem.)       Of or pertaining to dolphin oil or porpoise oil; -- said of       an acid (called also delphinic acid) subsequently found to be       identical with valeric acid. --Watts.
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Carbonyl \Car"bon*yl\, n. [Carbon + -yl.] (Chem.)       The radical {(CO)[b7][b7]}, occuring, always combined, in       many compounds, as the aldehydes, the ketones, urea, carbonyl       chloride, etc.          Note: Though denoted by a formula identical with that of                carbon monoxide, it is chemically distinct, as carbon                seems to be divalent in carbon monoxide, but                tetravalent in carbonyl compounds.          {Carbonyl chloride} (Chem.), a colorless gas, {COCl2}, of             offensive odor, and easily condensable to liquid. It is             formed from chlorine and carbon monoxide, under the             influence of light, and hence has been called {phosgene             gas}; -- called also {carbon oxychloride}.
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Minnow \Min"now\, n. [OE. menow, cf. AS. myne; also OE. menuse,       OF. menuise small fish; akin to E. minish, minute.] [Written       also {minow}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) A small European fresh-water cyprinoid fish             ({Phoxinus l[91]vis}, formerly {Leuciscus phoxinus});             sometimes applied also to the young of larger kinds; --             called also {minim} and {minny}. The name is also applied             to several allied American species, of the genera             {Phoxinus}, {Notropis}, or {Minnilus}, and {Rhinichthys}.          2. (Zo[94]l.) Any of numerous small American cyprinodont             fishes of the genus {Fundulus}, and related genera. They             live both in fresh and in salt water. Called also             {killifish}, {minny}, and {mummichog}.
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Fungi \Fun"gi\, n. pl. (Bot.)       A group of thallophytic plants of low organization, destitute       of chlorophyll, in which reproduction is mainly accomplished       by means of asexual spores, which are produced in a great       variety of ways, though sexual reproduction is known to occur       in certain {Phycomycetes}, or so-called algal fungi.          Note: The Fungi appear to have originated by degeneration                from various alg[91], losing their chlorophyll on                assuming a parasitic or saprophytic life. By some they                are divided into the subclasses {Phycomycetes}, the                lower or algal fungi; the {Mesomycetes}, or                intermediate fungi; and the {Mycomycetes}, or the                higher fungi; by others into the {Phycomycetes}; the                {Ascomycetes}, or sac-spore fungi; and the                {Basidiomycetes}, or basidial-spore fungi.
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d8Phycomycetes \[d8]Phy`co*my*ce"tes\, n. pl. [NL.; Gr. [?]       seaweed + mycetes.] (Bot.)       A large, important class of parasitic or saprophytic fungi,       the algal or algalike fungi. The plant body ranges from an       undifferentiated mass of protoplasm to a well-developed and       much-branched mycelium. Reproduction is mainly sexual, by the       formation of conidia or sporangia; but the group shows every       form of transition from this method through simple       conjugation to perfect sexual reproduction by egg and sperm       in the higher forms. -- {Phy`co*my*ce"tous}, a.
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Mold \Mold\, Mould \Mould\, n. [From the p. p. of OE. moulen to       become moldy, to rot, prob. fr. Icel. mygla to grow musty,       mugga mugginess; cf. Sw. m[94]gla to grow moldy. See {Muggy},       and cf. {Moldy}.] (Bot.)       A growth of minute fungi of various kinds, esp. those of the       great groups {Hyphomycetes}, and {Physomycetes}, forming on       damp or decaying organic matter.          Note: The common blue mold of cheese, the brick-red cheese                mold, and the scarlet or orange strata which grow on                tubers or roots stored up for use, when commencing to                decay, are familiar examples. --M. J. Berkley.
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Picayunish \Pic`a*yun"ish\, a.       Petty; paltry; mean; as, a picayunish business. [Colloq.       U.S.]
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Pick \Pick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Picked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Picking}.] [OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck; akin to       Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G. picken, F.       piquer, W. pigo. Cf. {Peck}, v., {Pike}, {Pitch} to throw.]       1. To throw; to pitch. [Obs.]                         As high as I could pick my lance.      --Shak.          2. To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with             anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument;             to pierce; to prick, as with a pin.          3. To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points;             as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc.          4. To open (a lock) as by a wire.          5. To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to             pluck; to gather, as fruit from a tree, flowers from the             stalk, feathers from a fowl, etc.          6. To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with             the fingers, or with the teeth; as, to pick the teeth; to             pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket.                         Did you pick Master Slender's purse?   --Shak.                         He picks clean teeth, and, busy as he seems With an                      old tavern quill, is hungry yet.         --Cowper.          7. To choose; to select; to separate as choice or desirable;             to cull; as, to pick one's company; to pick one's way; --             often with out. [bd]One man picked out of ten             thousand.[b8] --Shak.          8. To take up; esp., to gather from here and there; to             collect; to bring together; as, to pick rags; -- often             with up; as, to pick up a ball or stones; to pick up             information.          9. To trim. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {To pick at}, to tease or vex by pertinacious annoyance.          {To pick a bone with}. See under {Bone}.          {To pick a thank}, to curry favor. [Obs.] --Robynson (More's             Utopia).          {To pick off}.             (a) To pluck; to remove by picking.             (b) To shoot or bring down, one by one; as, sharpshooters                   pick off the enemy.          {To pick out}.             (a) To mark out; to variegate; as, to pick out any dark                   stuff with lines or spots of bright colors.             (b) To select from a number or quantity.          {To pick to pieces}, to pull apart piece by piece; hence             [Colloq.], to analyze; esp., to criticize in detail.          {To pick a quarrel}, to give occasion of quarrel             intentionally.          {To pick up}.             (a) To take up, as with the fingers.             (b) To get by repeated efforts; to gather here and there;                   as, to pick up a livelihood; to pick up news.
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Picking \Pick"ing\, a.       1. Done or made as with a pointed tool; as, a picking sound.          2. Nice; careful. [Obs.]                         was too warm on picking work to dwell. --Dryden.          {Picking peg}. (Weaving) See {Picker}, n., 3.
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Picking \Pick"ing\, n.       1. The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick.          2. The act of choosing, plucking, or gathering.          3. That which is, or may be, picked or gleaned.          4. Pilfering; also, that which is pilfered.          5. pl. The pulverized shells of oysters used in making walks.             [Eng.] --Simmonds.          6. (Mining) Rough sorting of ore.          7. Overburned bricks. --Simmonds.
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Picking \Pick"ing\, a.       1. Done or made as with a pointed tool; as, a picking sound.          2. Nice; careful. [Obs.]                         was too warm on picking work to dwell. --Dryden.          {Picking peg}. (Weaving) See {Picker}, n., 3.
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Picknick \Pick"nick\, n.       See {Picnic}.
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Picnic \Pic"nic\, n. [Cf. F. piquenique. See {Pick}, v., and cf.       {Knickknack}.]       Formerly, an entertainment at which each person contributed       some dish to a common table; now, an excursion or pleasure       party in which the members partake of a collation or repast       (usually in the open air, and from food carried by       themselves).
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Picnic \Pic"nic\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Picnicked}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Picnicking}.]       To go on a picnic, or pleasure excursion; to eat in public       fashion.
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Picnic \Pic"nic\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Picnicked}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Picnicking}.]       To go on a picnic, or pleasure excursion; to eat in public       fashion.
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Picnicker \Pic"nick*er\, n.       One who takes part in a picnic.
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Picnic \Pic"nic\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Picnicked}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Picnicking}.]       To go on a picnic, or pleasure excursion; to eat in public       fashion.
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Piece \Piece\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pieced}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Piecing}.]       1. To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or             pieces; to patch; as, to piece a garment; -- often with             out. --Shak.          2. To unite; to join; to combine. --Fuller.                         His adversaries . . . pieced themselves together in                      a joint opposition against him.         --Fuller.
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{Pigeon grass} (Bot.), a kind of foxtail grass ({Setaria             glauca}), of some value as fodder. The seeds are eagerly             eaten by pigeons and other birds.          {Pigeon hawk}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small American falcon ({Falco columbarius}). The                   adult male is dark slate-blue above, streaked with                   black on the back; beneath, whitish or buff, streaked                   with brown. The tail is banded.             (b) The American sharp-shinned hawk ({Accipiter velox,                   [or] fuscus}).          {Pigeon hole}.             (a) A hole for pigeons to enter a pigeon house.             (b) See {Pigeonhole}.             (c) pl. An old English game, in which balls were rolled                   through little arches. --Halliwell.          {Pigeon house}, a dovecote.          {Pigeon pea} (Bot.), the seed of {Cajanus Indicus}; a kind of             pulse used for food in the East and West Indies; also, the             plant itself.          {Pigeon plum} (Bot.), the edible drupes of two West African             species of {Chrysobalanus} ({C. ellipticus} and {C.             luteus}).          {Pigeon tremex}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Tremex}.          {Pigeon wood} (Bot.), a name in the West Indies for the wood             of several very different kinds of trees, species of             {Dipholis}, {Diospyros}, and {Coccoloba}.          {Pigeon woodpecker} (Zo[94]l.), the flicker.          {Prairie pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The upland plover.             (b) The golden plover. [Local, U.S.]
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{Pigeon grass} (Bot.), a kind of foxtail grass ({Setaria             glauca}), of some value as fodder. The seeds are eagerly             eaten by pigeons and other birds.          {Pigeon hawk}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small American falcon ({Falco columbarius}). The                   adult male is dark slate-blue above, streaked with                   black on the back; beneath, whitish or buff, streaked                   with brown. The tail is banded.             (b) The American sharp-shinned hawk ({Accipiter velox,                   [or] fuscus}).          {Pigeon hole}.             (a) A hole for pigeons to enter a pigeon house.             (b) See {Pigeonhole}.             (c) pl. An old English game, in which balls were rolled                   through little arches. --Halliwell.          {Pigeon house}, a dovecote.          {Pigeon pea} (Bot.), the seed of {Cajanus Indicus}; a kind of             pulse used for food in the East and West Indies; also, the             plant itself.          {Pigeon plum} (Bot.), the edible drupes of two West African             species of {Chrysobalanus} ({C. ellipticus} and {C.             luteus}).          {Pigeon tremex}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Tremex}.          {Pigeon wood} (Bot.), a name in the West Indies for the wood             of several very different kinds of trees, species of             {Dipholis}, {Diospyros}, and {Coccoloba}.          {Pigeon woodpecker} (Zo[94]l.), the flicker.          {Prairie pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The upland plover.             (b) The golden plover. [Local, U.S.]
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{Pigeon grass} (Bot.), a kind of foxtail grass ({Setaria             glauca}), of some value as fodder. The seeds are eagerly             eaten by pigeons and other birds.          {Pigeon hawk}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small American falcon ({Falco columbarius}). The                   adult male is dark slate-blue above, streaked with                   black on the back; beneath, whitish or buff, streaked                   with brown. The tail is banded.             (b) The American sharp-shinned hawk ({Accipiter velox,                   [or] fuscus}).          {Pigeon hole}.             (a) A hole for pigeons to enter a pigeon house.             (b) See {Pigeonhole}.             (c) pl. An old English game, in which balls were rolled                   through little arches. --Halliwell.          {Pigeon house}, a dovecote.          {Pigeon pea} (Bot.), the seed of {Cajanus Indicus}; a kind of             pulse used for food in the East and West Indies; also, the             plant itself.          {Pigeon plum} (Bot.), the edible drupes of two West African             species of {Chrysobalanus} ({C. ellipticus} and {C.             luteus}).          {Pigeon tremex}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Tremex}.          {Pigeon wood} (Bot.), a name in the West Indies for the wood             of several very different kinds of trees, species of             {Dipholis}, {Diospyros}, and {Coccoloba}.          {Pigeon woodpecker} (Zo[94]l.), the flicker.          {Prairie pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The upland plover.             (b) The golden plover. [Local, U.S.]
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Pig \Pig\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Pigged}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Pigging}.]       1. To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of             pigs; to farrow.          2. To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
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Piquancy \Pi"quan*cy\, n. [See {Piquant}.]       The quality or state of being piquant.
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Pique \Pique\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Piqued}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Piquing}.] [F. piquer. See {Pike}.]       1. To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate;             to fret; to offend; to excite to anger.                         Pique her, and soothe in turn.            --Byron.          2. To excite to action by causing resentment or jealousy; to             stimulate; to prick; as, to pique ambition, or curiosity.             --Prior.          3. To pride or value; -- used reflexively.                         Men . . . pique themselves upon their skill.                                                                               --Locke.          Syn: To offend; displease; irritate; provoke; fret; nettle;                sting; goad; stimulate.
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Loblolly \Lob"lol`ly\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]       Gruel; porridge; -- so called among seamen.          {Loblolly bay} (Bot.), an elegant white-flowered evergreen             shrub or small tree, of the genus {Gordonia} ({G.             Lasianthus}), growing in the maritime parts of the             Southern United States. Its bark is sometimes used in             tanning. Also, a similar West Indian tree ({Laplacea             h[91]matoxylon}).          {Loblolly boy}, a surgeon's attendant on shipboard.             --Smollett.          {Loblolly pine} (Bot.), a kind of pitch pine found from             Delaware southward along the coast; old field pine ({Pinus             T[91]da}). Also, {P. Bahamensis}, of the West Indies.          {Loblolly tree} (Bot.), a name of several West Indian trees,             having more or less leathery foliage, but alike in no             other respect; as {Pisonia subcordata}, {Cordia alba}, and             {Cupania glabra}.
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Poachiness \Poach"i*ness\, n.       The state of being poachy; marshiness.
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Poach \Poach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poached}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Poaching}.] [F. pocher to place in a pocket, to poach eggs       (the yolk of the egg being as it were pouched in the white),       from poche pocket, pouch. See {Pouch}, v. & n.]       1. To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water;             also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel.             --Bacon.          2. To rob of game; to pocket and convey away by stealth, as             game; hence, to plunder. --Garth.
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Pockiness \Pock"i*ness\, n.       The state of being pocky.
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Pogamoggan \Pog`a*mog"gan\, n. [North Amer. Indian.]       An aboriginal weapon consisting of a stone or piece of antler       fastened to the end of a slender wooden handle, used by       American Indians from the Great Plains to the Mackenzie       River.
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Note: The common drumfish ({Pogonias chromis}) is a large                species, common south of New Jersey. The southern red                drum or red horse ({Sci[91]na ocellata}), and the                fresh-water drum or croaker ({Aplodionotus grunniens}),                are related species.
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Split-tail \Split"-tail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) A california market fish ({Pogonichthys macrolepidotus})             belonging to the Carp family.       (b) The pintail duck.
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Poise \Poise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poised}, ; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Poising}.] [OE. poisen, peisen, OF. & F. peser, to weigh,       balance, OF. il peise, il poise, he weighs, F. il p[8a]se,       fr. L. pensare, v. intens. fr. pendere to weigh. See {Poise},       n., and cf. {Pensive}.] [Formerly written also {peise}.]       1. To balance; to make of equal weight; as, to poise the             scales of a balance.          2. To hold or place in equilibrium or equiponderance.                         Nor yet was earth suspended in the sky; Nor poised,                      did on her own foundation lie.            --Dryden.          3. To counterpoise; to counterbalance.                         One scale of reason to poise another of sensuality.                                                                               --Shak.                         To poise with solid sense a sprightly wit. --Dryden.          4. To ascertain, as by the balance; to weigh.                         He can not sincerely consider the strength, poise                      the weight, and discern the evidence. --South.          5. To weigh (down); to oppress. [Obs.]                         Lest leaden slumber peise me down to-morrow. --Shak.
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Poison \Poi"son\, n. [F. poison, in Old French also, a potion,       fr. L. potio a drink, draught, potion, a poisonous draught,       fr. potare to drink. See {Potable}, and cf. {Potion}.]       1. Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism,             is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly             effect upon it; as, morphine is a deadly poison; the             poison of pestilential diseases.          2. That which taints or destroys moral purity or health; as,             the poison of evil example; the poison of sin.          {Poison ash}. (Bot.)             (a) A tree of the genus {Amyris} ({A. balsamifera}) found                   in the West Indies, from the trunk of which a black                   liquor distills, supposed to have poisonous qualities.             (b) The poison sumac ({Rhus venenata}). [U. S.]          {Poison dogwood} (Bot.), poison sumac.          {Poison fang} (Zo[94]l.), one of the superior maxillary teeth             of some species of serpents, which, besides having the             cavity for the pulp, is either perforated or grooved by a             longitudinal canal, at the lower end of which the duct of             the poison gland terminates. See Illust. under {Fang}.          {Poison gland} (Biol.), a gland, in animals or plants, which             secretes an acrid or venomous matter, that is conveyed             along an organ capable of inflicting a wound.          {Poison hemlock} (Bot.), a poisonous umbelliferous plant             ({Conium maculatum}). See {Hemlock}.          {Poison ivy} (Bot.), a poisonous climbing plant ({Rhus             Toxicodendron}) of North America. It is common on stone             walls and on the trunks of trees, and has trifoliate,             rhombic-ovate, variously notched leaves. Many people are             poisoned by it, if they touch the leaves. See {Poison             sumac}. Called also {poison oak}, and {mercury}.          {Poison nut}. (Bot.)             (a) Nux vomica.             (b) The tree which yields this seed ({Strychnos                   Nuxvomica}). It is found on the Malabar and Coromandel                   coasts.          {Poison oak} (Bot.), the poison ivy; also, the more shrubby             {Rhus diversiloba} of California and Oregon.          {Poison sac}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Poison gland}, above. See             Illust. under {Fang}.          {Poison sumac} (Bot.), a poisonous shrub of the genus {Rhus}             ({R. venenata}); -- also called {poison ash}, {poison             dogwood}, and {poison elder}. It has pinnate leaves on             graceful and slender common petioles, and usually grows in             swampy places. Both this plant and the poison ivy ({Rhus             Toxicodendron}) have clusters of smooth greenish white             berries, while the red-fruited species of this genus are             harmless. The tree ({Rhus vernicifera}) which yields the             celebrated Japan lacquer is almost identical with the             poison sumac, and is also very poisonous. The juice of the             poison sumac also forms a lacquer similar to that of             Japan.          Syn: Venom; virus; bane; pest; malignity.          Usage: {Poison}, {Venom}. Poison usually denotes something                   received into the system by the mouth, breath, etc.                   Venom is something discharged from animals and                   received by means of a wound, as by the bite or sting                   of serpents, scorpions, etc. Hence, venom specifically                   implies some malignity of nature or purpose.
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Ash \Ash\ ([acr]sh), n. [OE. asch, esh, AS. [91]sc; akin to OHG.       asc, Sw. & Dan. ask, Icel. askr, D. esch, G. esche.]       1. (Bot.) A genus of trees of the Olive family, having             opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing             valuable timber, as the European ash ({Fraxinus             excelsior}) and the white ash ({F. Americana}).          {Prickly ash} ({Zanthoxylum Americanum}) and {Poison ash}             ({Rhus venenata}) are shrubs of different families,             somewhat resembling the true ashes in their foliage.          {Mountain ash}. See {Roman tree}, and under {Mountain}.          2. The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.          Note: Ash is used adjectively, or as the first part of a                compound term; as, ash bud, ash wood, ash tree, etc.
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Poison \Poi"son\, n. [F. poison, in Old French also, a potion,       fr. L. potio a drink, draught, potion, a poisonous draught,       fr. potare to drink. See {Potable}, and cf. {Potion}.]       1. Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism,             is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly             effect upon it; as, morphine is a deadly poison; the             poison of pestilential diseases.          2. That which taints or destroys moral purity or health; as,             the poison of evil example; the poison of sin.          {Poison ash}. (Bot.)             (a) A tree of the genus {Amyris} ({A. balsamifera}) found                   in the West Indies, from the trunk of which a black                   liquor distills, supposed to have poisonous qualities.             (b) The poison sumac ({Rhus venenata}). [U. S.]          {Poison dogwood} (Bot.), poison sumac.          {Poison fang} (Zo[94]l.), one of the superior maxillary teeth             of some species of serpents, which, besides having the             cavity for the pulp, is either perforated or grooved by a             longitudinal canal, at the lower end of which the duct of             the poison gland terminates. See Illust. under {Fang}.          {Poison gland} (Biol.), a gland, in animals or plants, which             secretes an acrid or venomous matter, that is conveyed             along an organ capable of inflicting a wound.          {Poison hemlock} (Bot.), a poisonous umbelliferous plant             ({Conium maculatum}). See {Hemlock}.          {Poison ivy} (Bot.), a poisonous climbing plant ({Rhus             Toxicodendron}) of North America. It is common on stone             walls and on the trunks of trees, and has trifoliate,             rhombic-ovate, variously notched leaves. Many people are             poisoned by it, if they touch the leaves. See {Poison             sumac}. Called also {poison oak}, and {mercury}.          {Poison nut}. (Bot.)             (a) Nux vomica.             (b) The tree which yields this seed ({Strychnos                   Nuxvomica}). It is found on the Malabar and Coromandel                   coasts.          {Poison oak} (Bot.), the poison ivy; also, the more shrubby             {Rhus diversiloba} of California and Oregon.          {Poison sac}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Poison gland}, above. See             Illust. under {Fang}.          {Poison sumac} (Bot.), a poisonous shrub of the genus {Rhus}             ({R. venenata}); -- also called {poison ash}, {poison             dogwood}, and {poison elder}. It has pinnate leaves on             graceful and slender common petioles, and usually grows in             swampy places. Both this plant and the poison ivy ({Rhus             Toxicodendron}) have clusters of smooth greenish white             berries, while the red-fruited species of this genus are             harmless. The tree ({Rhus vernicifera}) which yields the             celebrated Japan lacquer is almost identical with the             poison sumac, and is also very poisonous. The juice of the             poison sumac also forms a lacquer similar to that of             Japan.          Syn: Venom; virus; bane; pest; malignity.          Usage: {Poison}, {Venom}. Poison usually denotes something                   received into the system by the mouth, breath, etc.                   Venom is something discharged from animals and                   received by means of a wound, as by the bite or sting                   of serpents, scorpions, etc. Hence, venom specifically                   implies some malignity of nature or purpose.
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Ash \Ash\ ([acr]sh), n. [OE. asch, esh, AS. [91]sc; akin to OHG.       asc, Sw. & Dan. ask, Icel. askr, D. esch, G. esche.]       1. (Bot.) A genus of trees of the Olive family, having             opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing             valuable timber, as the European ash ({Fraxinus             excelsior}) and the white ash ({F. Americana}).          {Prickly ash} ({Zanthoxylum Americanum}) and {Poison ash}             ({Rhus venenata}) are shrubs of different families,             somewhat resembling the true ashes in their foliage.          {Mountain ash}. See {Roman tree}, and under {Mountain}.          2. The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.          Note: Ash is used adjectively, or as the first part of a                compound term; as, ash bud, ash wood, ash tree, etc.
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Poison \Poi"son\, n. [F. poison, in Old French also, a potion,       fr. L. potio a drink, draught, potion, a poisonous draught,       fr. potare to drink. See {Potable}, and cf. {Potion}.]       1. Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism,             is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly             effect upon it; as, morphine is a deadly poison; the             poison of pestilential diseases.          2. That which taints or destroys moral purity or health; as,             the poison of evil example; the poison of sin.          {Poison ash}. (Bot.)             (a) A tree of the genus {Amyris} ({A. balsamifera}) found                   in the West Indies, from the trunk of which a black                   liquor distills, supposed to have poisonous qualities.             (b) The poison sumac ({Rhus venenata}). [U. S.]          {Poison dogwood} (Bot.), poison sumac.          {Poison fang} (Zo[94]l.), one of the superior maxillary teeth             of some species of serpents, which, besides having the             cavity for the pulp, is either perforated or grooved by a             longitudinal canal, at the lower end of which the duct of             the poison gland terminates. See Illust. under {Fang}.          {Poison gland} (Biol.), a gland, in animals or plants, which             secretes an acrid or venomous matter, that is conveyed             along an organ capable of inflicting a wound.          {Poison hemlock} (Bot.), a poisonous umbelliferous plant             ({Conium maculatum}). See {Hemlock}.          {Poison ivy} (Bot.), a poisonous climbing plant ({Rhus             Toxicodendron}) of North America. It is common on stone             walls and on the trunks of trees, and has trifoliate,             rhombic-ovate, variously notched leaves. Many people are             poisoned by it, if they touch the leaves. See {Poison             sumac}. Called also {poison oak}, and {mercury}.          {Poison nut}. (Bot.)             (a) Nux vomica.             (b) The tree which yields this seed ({Strychnos                   Nuxvomica}). It is found on the Malabar and Coromandel                   coasts.          {Poison oak} (Bot.), the poison ivy; also, the more shrubby             {Rhus diversiloba} of California and Oregon.          {Poison sac}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Poison gland}, above. See             Illust. under {Fang}.          {Poison sumac} (Bot.), a poisonous shrub of the genus {Rhus}             ({R. venenata}); -- also called {poison ash}, {poison             dogwood}, and {poison elder}. It has pinnate leaves on             graceful and slender common petioles, and usually grows in             swampy places. Both this plant and the poison ivy ({Rhus             Toxicodendron}) have clusters of smooth greenish white             berries, while the red-fruited species of this genus are             harmless. The tree ({Rhus vernicifera}) which yields the             celebrated Japan lacquer is almost identical with the             poison sumac, and is also very poisonous. The juice of the             poison sumac also forms a lacquer similar to that of             Japan.          Syn: Venom; virus; bane; pest; malignity.          Usage: {Poison}, {Venom}. Poison usually denotes something                   received into the system by the mouth, breath, etc.                   Venom is something discharged from animals and                   received by means of a wound, as by the bite or sting                   of serpents, scorpions, etc. Hence, venom specifically                   implies some malignity of nature or purpose.
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Ash \Ash\ ([acr]sh), n. [OE. asch, esh, AS. [91]sc; akin to OHG.       asc, Sw. & Dan. ask, Icel. askr, D. esch, G. esche.]       1. (Bot.) A genus of trees of the Olive family, having             opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing             valuable timber, as the European ash ({Fraxinus             excelsior}) and the white ash ({F. Americana}).          {Prickly ash} ({Zanthoxylum Americanum}) and {Poison ash}             ({Rhus venenata}) are shrubs of different families,             somewhat resembling the true ashes in their foliage.          {Mountain ash}. See {Roman tree}, and under {Mountain}.          2. The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.          Note: Ash is used adjectively, or as the first part of a                compound term; as, ash bud, ash wood, ash tree, etc.
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Poison cup \Poison cup\       1. A cup containing poison.          2. A cup that was supposed to break on having poison put into             it.
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Poison \Poi"son\, n. [F. poison, in Old French also, a potion,       fr. L. potio a drink, draught, potion, a poisonous draught,       fr. potare to drink. See {Potable}, and cf. {Potion}.]       1. Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism,             is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly             effect upon it; as, morphine is a deadly poison; the             poison of pestilential diseases.          2. That which taints or destroys moral purity or health; as,             the poison of evil example; the poison of sin.          {Poison ash}. (Bot.)             (a) A tree of the genus {Amyris} ({A. balsamifera}) found                   in the West Indies, from the trunk of which a black                   liquor distills, supposed to have poisonous qualities.             (b) The poison sumac ({Rhus venenata}). [U. S.]          {Poison dogwood} (Bot.), poison sumac.          {Poison fang} (Zo[94]l.), one of the superior maxillary teeth             of some species of serpents, which, besides having the             cavity for the pulp, is either perforated or grooved by a             longitudinal canal, at the lower end of which the duct of             the poison gland terminates. See Illust. under {Fang}.          {Poison gland} (Biol.), a gland, in animals or plants, which             secretes an acrid or venomous matter, that is conveyed             along an organ capable of inflicting a wound.          {Poison hemlock} (Bot.), a poisonous umbelliferous plant             ({Conium maculatum}). See {Hemlock}.          {Poison ivy} (Bot.), a poisonous climbing plant ({Rhus             Toxicodendron}) of North America. It is common on stone             walls and on the trunks of trees, and has trifoliate,             rhombic-ovate, variously notched leaves. Many people are             poisoned by it, if they touch the leaves. See {Poison             sumac}. Called also {poison oak}, and {mercury}.          {Poison nut}. (Bot.)             (a) Nux vomica.             (b) The tree which yields this seed ({Strychnos                   Nuxvomica}). It is found on the Malabar and Coromandel                   coasts.          {Poison oak} (Bot.), the poison ivy; also, the more shrubby             {Rhus diversiloba} of California and Oregon.          {Poison sac}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Poison gland}, above. See             Illust. under {Fang}.          {Poison sumac} (Bot.), a poisonous shrub of the genus {Rhus}             ({R. venenata}); -- also called {poison ash}, {poison             dogwood}, and {poison elder}. It has pinnate leaves on             graceful and slender common petioles, and usually grows in             swampy places. Both this plant and the poison ivy ({Rhus             Toxicodendron}) have clusters of smooth greenish white             berries, while the red-fruited species of this genus are             harmless. The tree ({Rhus vernicifera}) which yields the             celebrated Japan lacquer is almost identical with the             poison sumac, and is also very poisonous. The juice of the             poison sumac also forms a lacquer similar to that of             Japan.          Syn: Venom; virus; bane; pest; malignity.          Usage: {Poison}, {Venom}. Poison usually denotes something                   received into the system by the mouth, breath, etc.                   Venom is something discharged from animals and                   received by means of a wound, as by the bite or sting                   of serpents, scorpions, etc. Hence, venom specifically                   implies some malignity of nature or purpose.
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Oak \Oak\ ([omac]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [be]c; akin to D.       eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.]       1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks             have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and             staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut,             called an {acorn}, which is more or less inclosed in a             scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now             recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly             fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe,             Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few             barely reaching the northern parts of South America and             Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand             proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually             hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary             rays, forming the silver grain.          2. The strong wood or timber of the oak.          Note: Among the true oaks in America are:          {Barren oak}, or          {Black-jack}, {Q. nigra}.          {Basket oak}, {Q. Michauxii}.          {Black oak}, {Q. tinctoria}; -- called also {yellow} or             {quercitron oak}.          {Bur oak} (see under {Bur}.), {Q. macrocarpa}; -- called also             {over-cup} or {mossy-cup oak}.          {Chestnut oak}, {Q. Prinus} and {Q. densiflora}.          {Chinquapin oak} (see under {Chinquapin}), {Q. prinoides}.          {Coast live oak}, {Q. agrifolia}, of California; -- also             called {enceno}.          {Live oak} (see under {Live}), {Q. virens}, the best of all             for shipbuilding; also, {Q. Chrysolepis}, of California.                      {Pin oak}. Same as {Swamp oak}.          {Post oak}, {Q. obtusifolia}.          {Red oak}, {Q. rubra}.          {Scarlet oak}, {Q. coccinea}.          {Scrub oak}, {Q. ilicifolia}, {Q. undulata}, etc.          {Shingle oak}, {Q. imbricaria}.          {Spanish oak}, {Q. falcata}.          {Swamp Spanish oak}, or          {Pin oak}, {Q. palustris}.          {Swamp white oak}, {Q. bicolor}.          {Water oak}, {Q. aguatica}.          {Water white oak}, {Q. lyrata}.          {Willow oak}, {Q. Phellos}. Among the true oaks in Europe             are:          {Bitter oak}, [or]          {Turkey oak}, {Q. Cerris} (see {Cerris}).          {Cork oak}, {Q. Suber}.          {English white oak}, {Q. Robur}.          {Evergreen oak},          {Holly oak}, [or]          {Holm oak}, {Q. Ilex}.          {Kermes oak}, {Q. coccifera}.          {Nutgall oak}, {Q. infectoria}.          Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus                {Quercus}, are:          {African oak}, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia             Africana}).          {Australian, [or] She}, {oak}, any tree of the genus             {Casuarina} (see {Casuarina}).          {Indian oak}, the teak tree (see {Teak}).          {Jerusalem oak}. See under {Jerusalem}.          {New Zealand oak}, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon             excelsum}).          {Poison oak}, the poison ivy. See under {Poison}.
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Poison \Poi"son\, n. [F. poison, in Old French also, a potion,       fr. L. potio a drink, draught, potion, a poisonous draught,       fr. potare to drink. See {Potable}, and cf. {Potion}.]       1. Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism,             is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly             effect upon it; as, morphine is a deadly poison; the             poison of pestilential diseases.          2. That which taints or destroys moral purity or health; as,             the poison of evil example; the poison of sin.          {Poison ash}. (Bot.)             (a) A tree of the genus {Amyris} ({A. balsamifera}) found                   in the West Indies, from the trunk of which a black                   liquor distills, supposed to have poisonous qualities.             (b) The poison sumac ({Rhus venenata}). [U. S.]          {Poison dogwood} (Bot.), poison sumac.          {Poison fang} (Zo[94]l.), one of the superior maxillary teeth             of some species of serpents, which, besides having the             cavity for the pulp, is either perforated or grooved by a             longitudinal canal, at the lower end of which the duct of             the poison gland terminates. See Illust. under {Fang}.          {Poison gland} (Biol.), a gland, in animals or plants, which             secretes an acrid or venomous matter, that is conveyed             along an organ capable of inflicting a wound.          {Poison hemlock} (Bot.), a poisonous umbelliferous plant             ({Conium maculatum}). See {Hemlock}.          {Poison ivy} (Bot.), a poisonous climbing plant ({Rhus             Toxicodendron}) of North America. It is common on stone             walls and on the trunks of trees, and has trifoliate,             rhombic-ovate, variously notched leaves. Many people are             poisoned by it, if they touch the leaves. See {Poison             sumac}. Called also {poison oak}, and {mercury}.          {Poison nut}. (Bot.)             (a) Nux vomica.             (b) The tree which yields this seed ({Strychnos                   Nuxvomica}). It is found on the Malabar and Coromandel                   coasts.          {Poison oak} (Bot.), the poison ivy; also, the more shrubby             {Rhus diversiloba} of California and Oregon.          {Poison sac}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Poison gland}, above. See             Illust. under {Fang}.          {Poison sumac} (Bot.), a poisonous shrub of the genus {Rhus}             ({R. venenata}); -- also called {poison ash}, {poison             dogwood}, and {poison elder}. It has pinnate leaves on             graceful and slender common petioles, and usually grows in             swampy places. Both this plant and the poison ivy ({Rhus             Toxicodendron}) have clusters of smooth greenish white             berries, while the red-fruited species of this genus are             harmless. The tree ({Rhus vernicifera}) which yields the             celebrated Japan lacquer is almost identical with the             poison sumac, and is also very poisonous. The juice of the             poison sumac also forms a lacquer similar to that of             Japan.          Syn: Venom; virus; bane; pest; malignity.          Usage: {Poison}, {Venom}. Poison usually denotes something                   received into the system by the mouth, breath, etc.                   Venom is something discharged from animals and                   received by means of a wound, as by the bite or sting                   of serpents, scorpions, etc. Hence, venom specifically                   implies some malignity of nature or purpose.
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Oak \Oak\ ([omac]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [be]c; akin to D.       eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.]       1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks             have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and             staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut,             called an {acorn}, which is more or less inclosed in a             scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now             recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly             fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe,             Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few             barely reaching the northern parts of South America and             Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand             proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually             hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary             rays, forming the silver grain.          2. The strong wood or timber of the oak.          Note: Among the true oaks in America are:          {Barren oak}, or          {Black-jack}, {Q. nigra}.          {Basket oak}, {Q. Michauxii}.          {Black oak}, {Q. tinctoria}; -- called also {yellow} or             {quercitron oak}.          {Bur oak} (see under {Bur}.), {Q. macrocarpa}; -- called also             {over-cup} or {mossy-cup oak}.          {Chestnut oak}, {Q. Prinus} and {Q. densiflora}.          {Chinquapin oak} (see under {Chinquapin}), {Q. prinoides}.          {Coast live oak}, {Q. agrifolia}, of California; -- also             called {enceno}.          {Live oak} (see under {Live}), {Q. virens}, the best of all             for shipbuilding; also, {Q. Chrysolepis}, of California.                      {Pin oak}. Same as {Swamp oak}.          {Post oak}, {Q. obtusifolia}.          {Red oak}, {Q. rubra}.          {Scarlet oak}, {Q. coccinea}.          {Scrub oak}, {Q. ilicifolia}, {Q. undulata}, etc.          {Shingle oak}, {Q. imbricaria}.          {Spanish oak}, {Q. falcata}.          {Swamp Spanish oak}, or          {Pin oak}, {Q. palustris}.          {Swamp white oak}, {Q. bicolor}.          {Water oak}, {Q. aguatica}.          {Water white oak}, {Q. lyrata}.          {Willow oak}, {Q. Phellos}. Among the true oaks in Europe             are:          {Bitter oak}, [or]          {Turkey oak}, {Q. Cerris} (see {Cerris}).          {Cork oak}, {Q. Suber}.          {English white oak}, {Q. Robur}.          {Evergreen oak},          {Holly oak}, [or]          {Holm oak}, {Q. Ilex}.          {Kermes oak}, {Q. coccifera}.          {Nutgall oak}, {Q. infectoria}.          Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus                {Quercus}, are:          {African oak}, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia             Africana}).          {Australian, [or] She}, {oak}, any tree of the genus             {Casuarina} (see {Casuarina}).          {Indian oak}, the teak tree (see {Teak}).          {Jerusalem oak}. See under {Jerusalem}.          {New Zealand oak}, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon             excelsum}).          {Poison oak}, the poison ivy. See under {Poison}.
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Poison \Poi"son\, n. [F. poison, in Old French also, a potion,       fr. L. potio a drink, draught, potion, a poisonous draught,       fr. potare to drink. See {Potable}, and cf. {Potion}.]       1. Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism,             is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly             effect upon it; as, morphine is a deadly poison; the             poison of pestilential diseases.          2. That which taints or destroys moral purity or health; as,             the poison of evil example; the poison of sin.          {Poison ash}. (Bot.)             (a) A tree of the genus {Amyris} ({A. balsamifera}) found                   in the West Indies, from the trunk of which a black                   liquor distills, supposed to have poisonous qualities.             (b) The poison sumac ({Rhus venenata}). [U. S.]          {Poison dogwood} (Bot.), poison sumac.          {Poison fang} (Zo[94]l.), one of the superior maxillary teeth             of some species of serpents, which, besides having the             cavity for the pulp, is either perforated or grooved by a             longitudinal canal, at the lower end of which the duct of             the poison gland terminates. See Illust. under {Fang}.          {Poison gland} (Biol.), a gland, in animals or plants, which             secretes an acrid or venomous matter, that is conveyed             along an organ capable of inflicting a wound.          {Poison hemlock} (Bot.), a poisonous umbelliferous plant             ({Conium maculatum}). See {Hemlock}.          {Poison ivy} (Bot.), a poisonous climbing plant ({Rhus             Toxicodendron}) of North America. It is common on stone             walls and on the trunks of trees, and has trifoliate,             rhombic-ovate, variously notched leaves. Many people are             poisoned by it, if they touch the leaves. See {Poison             sumac}. Called also {poison oak}, and {mercury}.          {Poison nut}. (Bot.)             (a) Nux vomica.             (b) The tree which yields this seed ({Strychnos                   Nuxvomica}). It is found on the Malabar and Coromandel                   coasts.          {Poison oak} (Bot.), the poison ivy; also, the more shrubby             {Rhus diversiloba} of California and Oregon.          {Poison sac}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Poison gland}, above. See             Illust. under {Fang}.          {Poison sumac} (Bot.), a poisonous shrub of the genus {Rhus}             ({R. venenata}); -- also called {poison ash}, {poison             dogwood}, and {poison elder}. It has pinnate leaves on             graceful and slender common petioles, and usually grows in             swampy places. Both this plant and the poison ivy ({Rhus             Toxicodendron}) have clusters of smooth greenish white             berries, while the red-fruited species of this genus are             harmless. The tree ({Rhus vernicifera}) which yields the             celebrated Japan lacquer is almost identical with the             poison sumac, and is also very poisonous. The juice of the             poison sumac also forms a lacquer similar to that of             Japan.          Syn: Venom; virus; bane; pest; malignity.          Usage: {Poison}, {Venom}. Poison usually denotes something                   received into the system by the mouth, breath, etc.                   Venom is something discharged from animals and                   received by means of a wound, as by the bite or sting                   of serpents, scorpions, etc. Hence, venom specifically                   implies some malignity of nature or purpose.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poison \Poi"son\, n. [F. poison, in Old French also, a potion,       fr. L. potio a drink, draught, potion, a poisonous draught,       fr. potare to drink. See {Potable}, and cf. {Potion}.]       1. Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism,             is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly             effect upon it; as, morphine is a deadly poison; the             poison of pestilential diseases.          2. That which taints or destroys moral purity or health; as,             the poison of evil example; the poison of sin.          {Poison ash}. (Bot.)             (a) A tree of the genus {Amyris} ({A. balsamifera}) found                   in the West Indies, from the trunk of which a black                   liquor distills, supposed to have poisonous qualities.             (b) The poison sumac ({Rhus venenata}). [U. S.]          {Poison dogwood} (Bot.), poison sumac.          {Poison fang} (Zo[94]l.), one of the superior maxillary teeth             of some species of serpents, which, besides having the             cavity for the pulp, is either perforated or grooved by a             longitudinal canal, at the lower end of which the duct of             the poison gland terminates. See Illust. under {Fang}.          {Poison gland} (Biol.), a gland, in animals or plants, which             secretes an acrid or venomous matter, that is conveyed             along an organ capable of inflicting a wound.          {Poison hemlock} (Bot.), a poisonous umbelliferous plant             ({Conium maculatum}). See {Hemlock}.          {Poison ivy} (Bot.), a poisonous climbing plant ({Rhus             Toxicodendron}) of North America. It is common on stone             walls and on the trunks of trees, and has trifoliate,             rhombic-ovate, variously notched leaves. Many people are             poisoned by it, if they touch the leaves. See {Poison             sumac}. Called also {poison oak}, and {mercury}.          {Poison nut}. (Bot.)             (a) Nux vomica.             (b) The tree which yields this seed ({Strychnos                   Nuxvomica}). It is found on the Malabar and Coromandel                   coasts.          {Poison oak} (Bot.), the poison ivy; also, the more shrubby             {Rhus diversiloba} of California and Oregon.          {Poison sac}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Poison gland}, above. See             Illust. under {Fang}.          {Poison sumac} (Bot.), a poisonous shrub of the genus {Rhus}             ({R. venenata}); -- also called {poison ash}, {poison             dogwood}, and {poison elder}. It has pinnate leaves on             graceful and slender common petioles, and usually grows in             swampy places. Both this plant and the poison ivy ({Rhus             Toxicodendron}) have clusters of smooth greenish white             berries, while the red-fruited species of this genus are             harmless. The tree ({Rhus vernicifera}) which yields the             celebrated Japan lacquer is almost identical with the             poison sumac, and is also very poisonous. The juice of the             poison sumac also forms a lacquer similar to that of             Japan.          Syn: Venom; virus; bane; pest; malignity.          Usage: {Poison}, {Venom}. Poison usually denotes something                   received into the system by the mouth, breath, etc.                   Venom is something discharged from animals and                   received by means of a wound, as by the bite or sting                   of serpents, scorpions, etc. Hence, venom specifically                   implies some malignity of nature or purpose.
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Sumac \Su"mac\, Sumach \Su"mach\, n. [F. sumac, formerly sumach       (cf. Sp. zumaque), fr. Ar. summ[be]q.] [Written also       {shumac}.]       1. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Rhus}, shrubs or small             trees with usually compound leaves and clusters of small             flowers. Some of the species are used in tanning, some in             dyeing, and some in medicine. One, the Japanese {Rhus             vernicifera}, yields the celebrated Japan varnish, or             lacquer.          2. The powdered leaves, peduncles, and young branches of             certain species of the sumac plant, used in tanning and             dyeing.          {Poison sumac}. (Bot.) See under {Poison}.
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Poison \Poi"son\, n. [F. poison, in Old French also, a potion,       fr. L. potio a drink, draught, potion, a poisonous draught,       fr. potare to drink. See {Potable}, and cf. {Potion}.]       1. Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism,             is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly             effect upon it; as, morphine is a deadly poison; the             poison of pestilential diseases.          2. That which taints or destroys moral purity or health; as,             the poison of evil example; the poison of sin.          {Poison ash}. (Bot.)             (a) A tree of the genus {Amyris} ({A. balsamifera}) found                   in the West Indies, from the trunk of which a black                   liquor distills, supposed to have poisonous qualities.             (b) The poison sumac ({Rhus venenata}). [U. S.]          {Poison dogwood} (Bot.), poison sumac.          {Poison fang} (Zo[94]l.), one of the superior maxillary teeth             of some species of serpents, which, besides having the             cavity for the pulp, is either perforated or grooved by a             longitudinal canal, at the lower end of which the duct of             the poison gland terminates. See Illust. under {Fang}.          {Poison gland} (Biol.), a gland, in animals or plants, which             secretes an acrid or venomous matter, that is conveyed             along an organ capable of inflicting a wound.          {Poison hemlock} (Bot.), a poisonous umbelliferous plant             ({Conium maculatum}). See {Hemlock}.          {Poison ivy} (Bot.), a poisonous climbing plant ({Rhus             Toxicodendron}) of North America. It is common on stone             walls and on the trunks of trees, and has trifoliate,             rhombic-ovate, variously notched leaves. Many people are             poisoned by it, if they touch the leaves. See {Poison             sumac}. Called also {poison oak}, and {mercury}.          {Poison nut}. (Bot.)             (a) Nux vomica.             (b) The tree which yields this seed ({Strychnos                   Nuxvomica}). It is found on the Malabar and Coromandel                   coasts.          {Poison oak} (Bot.), the poison ivy; also, the more shrubby             {Rhus diversiloba} of California and Oregon.          {Poison sac}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Poison gland}, above. See             Illust. under {Fang}.          {Poison sumac} (Bot.), a poisonous shrub of the genus {Rhus}             ({R. venenata}); -- also called {poison ash}, {poison             dogwood}, and {poison elder}. It has pinnate leaves on             graceful and slender common petioles, and usually grows in             swampy places. Both this plant and the poison ivy ({Rhus             Toxicodendron}) have clusters of smooth greenish white             berries, while the red-fruited species of this genus are             harmless. The tree ({Rhus vernicifera}) which yields the             celebrated Japan lacquer is almost identical with the             poison sumac, and is also very poisonous. The juice of the             poison sumac also forms a lacquer similar to that of             Japan.          Syn: Venom; virus; bane; pest; malignity.          Usage: {Poison}, {Venom}. Poison usually denotes something                   received into the system by the mouth, breath, etc.                   Venom is something discharged from animals and                   received by means of a wound, as by the bite or sting                   of serpents, scorpions, etc. Hence, venom specifically                   implies some malignity of nature or purpose.
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Poisonous \Poi"son*ous\, a.       Having the qualities or effects of poison; venomous; baneful;       corrupting; noxious. --Shak. -- {Poi"son*ous*ly}, adv. --       {Poi"son*ous*ness}, n.
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Poisonous \Poi"son*ous\, a.       Having the qualities or effects of poison; venomous; baneful;       corrupting; noxious. --Shak. -- {Poi"son*ous*ly}, adv. --       {Poi"son*ous*ness}, n.
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Poisonous \Poi"son*ous\, a.       Having the qualities or effects of poison; venomous; baneful;       corrupting; noxious. --Shak. -- {Poi"son*ous*ly}, adv. --       {Poi"son*ous*ness}, n.
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Poisonsome \Poi"son*some\, a.       Poisonous.[Obs.] Holland.
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Poke \Poke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Poking}.] [Cf. LG. poken to prick, pierce, thrust, pok a       dagger, knife, D. pook, G. pocken to beat, also Ir. poc a       blow, Gael. puc to push.]       1. To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed;             hence, to stir up; to excite; as, to poke a fire.                         He poked John, and said [bd]Sleepest thou ?[b8]                                                                               --Chaucer.          2. To thrust with the horns; to gore.          3. [From 5th {Poke}, 3.] To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox.             [Colloq. U. S.]          {To poke fun}, to excite fun; to joke; to jest. [Colloq.]          {To poke fun at}, to make a butt of; to ridicule. [Colloq.]
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Poking \Pok"ing\, a.       Drudging; servile. [Colloq.]                   Bred to some poking profession.               --Gray.
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Poking-stick \Pok"ing-stick`\, n.       A small stick or rod of steel, formerly used in adjusting the       plaits of ruffs. --Shak.
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Pose \Pose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Posed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Posing}.] [F. poser to place, to put, L. pausare to pause,       in LL. also, to place, put, fr. L. pausa a pause, Gr. [?],       fr. [?] to make to cease, prob. akin to E. few. In compounds,       this word appears corresponding to L. ponere to put, place,       the substitution in French having been probably due to       confusion of this word with L. positio position, fr. ponere.       See {Few}, and cf. {Appose}, {Dispose}, {Oppose}, {Pause},       {Repose}, {Position}.]       To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of       effect; to arrange the posture and drapery of (a person) in a       studied manner; as, to pose a model for a picture; to pose a       sitter for a portrait.
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Posingly \Pos"ing*ly\, adv.       So as to pose or puzzle.
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Pouch \Pouch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pouched}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Pouching}.]       1. To put or take into a pouch.          2. To swallow; -- said of fowls. --Derham.          3. To pout. [Obs.] --Ainsworth.          4. To pocket; to put up with. [R.] --Sir W. Scott.
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Pouchong \Pou*chong"\, n.       A superior kind of souchong tea. --De Colange.
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Pox \Pox\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poxed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Poxing}.]       To infect with the pox, or syphilis.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burnet \Bur"net\, n. [OE. burnet burnet; also, brownish (the       plant perh. being named from its color), fr. F. brunet, dim.       of brun brown; cf. OF. brunete a sort of flower. See       {Brunette}.] (Bot.)       A genus of perennial herbs ({Poterium}); especially,       {P.Sanguisorba}, the common, or garden, burnet.          {Burnet moth} (Zo[94]l.), in England, a handsome moth             ({Zyg[91]na filipendula}), with crimson spots on the             wings.          {Burnet saxifrage}. (Bot.) See {Saxifrage}.          {Canadian burnet}, a marsh plant ({Poterium Canadensis}).          {Great burnet}, {Wild burnet}, {Poterium ([or] Sanguisorba)             oficinalis}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Currant \Cur"rant\ (k?r"rant), n. [F. corinthe (raisins de       Corinthe raisins of Corinth) currant (in sense 1), from the       city of Corinth in Greece, whence, probably, the small dried       grape (1) was first imported, the Ribes fruit (2) receiving       the name from its resemblance to that grape.]       1. A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant,             chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery.          2. The acid fruit or berry of the {Ribes rubrum} or common             red currant, or of its variety, the white currant.          3. (Bot.) A shrub or bush of several species of the genus             {Ribes} (a genus also including the gooseberry); esp., the             {Ribes rubrum}.          {Black currant},a shrub or bush ({Ribes nigrum} and {R.             floridum}) and its black, strong-flavored, tonic fruit.          {Cherry currant}, a variety of the red currant, having a             strong, symmetrical bush and a very large berry.          {Currant borer} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an insect that bores             into the pith and kills currant bushes; specif., the             larvae of a small clearwing moth ({[92]geria             tipuliformis}) and a longicorn beetle ({Psenocerus             supernotatus}).          {Currant worm} (Zo[94]l.), an insect larva which eats the             leaves or fruit of the currant. The most injurious are the             currant sawfly ({Nematus ventricosus}), introduced from             Europe, and the spanworm ({Eufitchia ribearia}). The fruit             worms are the larva of a fly ({Epochra Canadensis}), and a             spanworm ({Eupithecia}).          {Flowering currant}, {Missouri currant}, a species of {Ribes}             ({R. aureum}), having showy yellow flowers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rust \Rust\, n. [AS. rust; akin to D. roest, G. & Sw. rost,       Icel. ry[eb]; -- named from its color, and akin to E. red.       [fb]113. See {Red}.]       1. (Chem.) The reddish yellow coating formed on iron when             exposed to moist air, consisting of ferric oxide or             hydroxide; hence, by extension, any metallic film of             corrosion.          2. (Bot.) A minute mold or fungus forming reddish or rusty             spots on the leaves and stems of cereal and other grasses             ({Trichobasis Rubigo-vera}), now usually believed to be a             form or condition of the corn mildew ({Puccinia             graminis}). As rust, it has solitary reddish spores; as             corn mildew, the spores are double and blackish.          Note: Rust is also applied to many other minute fungi which                infest vegetation, such as the species of {Ustilago},                {Uredo}, and {Lecythea}.          3. That which resembles rust in appearance or effects.             Specifically: (a) A composition used in making a rust             joint. See {Rust joint}, below.             (b) Foul matter arising from degeneration; as, rust on                   salted meat.             (c) Corrosive or injurious accretion or influence.                               Sacred truths cleared from all rust and dross of                            human mixtures.                           --Eikon                                                                               Basilike.          Note: Rust is used in the formation of compounds of obvious                meaning; as, rust-colored, rust-consumed, rust-eaten,                and the like.          {Rust joint}, a joint made between surfaces of iron by             filling the space between them with a wet mixture of             cast-iron borings, sal ammoniac, and sulphur, which by             oxidation becomes hard, and impervious to steam, water,             etc.          {Rust mite} (Zo[94]l.), a minute mite ({Phytopius oleivorus})             which, by puncturing the rind, causes the rust-colored             patches on oranges.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heterd2cious \Het`er*[d2]"cious\, a. [Hetero- + Gr. [?] house.]       (Bot.)       Passing through the different stages in its life history on       an alternation of hosts, as the common wheat-rust fungus       ({Puccinia graminis}), and certain other parasitic fungi; --       contrasted with {aut[d2]cious}. -- {Het`er*[d2]"cism}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wheat rust \Wheat rust\       A disease of wheat and other grasses caused by the rust       fungus {Puccinia graminis}; also, the fungus itself.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pug nose \Pug" nose`\       A short, thick nose; a snubnose. -- {Pug"-nosed`}, a.          {Pug-nose eel} (Zo[94]l.), a deep-water marine eel             ({Simenchelys parasiticus}) which sometimes burrows into             the flesh of the halibut.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pug \Pug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pugged}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Pugging}.] [Cf. G. pucken to thump. beat.]       1. To mix and stir when wet, as clay for bricks, pottery,             etc.          2. To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread             with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of             deadening sound. See {Pugging}, 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pugging \Pug"ging\, n. [See {Pug}, v. t.]       1. The act or process of working and tempering clay to make             it plastic and of uniform consistency, as for bricks, for             pottery, etc.          2. (Arch.) Mortar or the like, laid between the joists under             the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden             sound; -- in the United States usually called {deafening}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pugging \Pug"ging\, a.       Thieving. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pugnacious \Pug*na"cious\, a. [L. pugnax, -acis, fr. pugnare to       fight. Cf. {Pugilism}, {Fist}.]       Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome;       fighting. --{Pug*na"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Pug*na"cious*ness},       n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pugnacious \Pug*na"cious\, a. [L. pugnax, -acis, fr. pugnare to       fight. Cf. {Pugilism}, {Fist}.]       Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome;       fighting. --{Pug*na"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Pug*na"cious*ness},       n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pugnacious \Pug*na"cious\, a. [L. pugnax, -acis, fr. pugnare to       fight. Cf. {Pugilism}, {Fist}.]       Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome;       fighting. --{Pug*na"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Pug*na"cious*ness},       n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pugnacity \Pug*nac"i*ty\, n. [L. pugnacitas: cf. F.       pugnacit[82].]       Inclination or readiness to fight; quarrelsomeness. [bd] A       national pugnacity of character.[b8] --Motley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pug nose \Pug" nose`\       A short, thick nose; a snubnose. -- {Pug"-nosed`}, a.          {Pug-nose eel} (Zo[94]l.), a deep-water marine eel             ({Simenchelys parasiticus}) which sometimes burrows into             the flesh of the halibut.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pug nose \Pug" nose`\       A short, thick nose; a snubnose. -- {Pug"-nosed`}, a.          {Pug-nose eel} (Zo[94]l.), a deep-water marine eel             ({Simenchelys parasiticus}) which sometimes burrows into             the flesh of the halibut.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puissance \Pu"is*sance\, n. [F., fr. puissant. See {Puissant},       and cf. {Potency}, {Potance}, {Potence}.]       Power; strength; might; force; potency. [bd] Youths of       puissance.[b8] --Tennyson.                   The power and puissance of the king.      --Shak.          Note: In Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton, puissance and                puissant are usually dissyllables.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puke \Puke\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Puked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Puking}.] [Cf. G. spucken to spit, and E. spew.]       To eject the contests of the stomach; to vomit; to spew.                   The infant Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.                                                                               --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Push \Push\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pushed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Pushing}.] [OE. possen, pussen, F. pousser, fr. L. pulsare,       v. intens. fr. pellere, pulsum, to beat, knock, push. See       {Pulse} a beating, and cf. {Pursy}.]       1. To press against with force; to drive or impel by             pressure; to endeavor to drive by steady pressure, without             striking; -- opposed to {draw}.                         Sidelong had pushed a mountain from his seat.                                                                               --Milton.          2. To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.                         If the ox shall push a manservant or maidservant, .                      . . the ox shall be stoned.               --Ex. xxi. 32.          3. To press or urge forward; to drive; to push an objection             too far. [bd] To push his fortune.[b8] --Dryden.                         Ambition pushes the soul to such actions as are apt                      to procure honor to the actor.            --Spectator.                         We are pushed for an answer.               --Swift.          4. To bear hard upon; to perplex; to embarrass.          5. To importune; to press with solicitation; to tease.          {To push down}, to overthrow by pushing or impulse.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pushing \Push"ing\, a.       Pressing forward in business; enterprising; driving;       energetic; also, forward; officious, intrusive. --       {Push"ing*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pushing \Push"ing\, a.       Pressing forward in business; enterprising; driving;       energetic; also, forward; officious, intrusive. --       {Push"ing*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pycnaspidean \Pyc`nas*pid"e*an\, a. [Gr. [?] thick, crowded +       [?], [?], a shield.] (Zo[94]l.)       Having the posterior side of the tarsus covered with small       irregular scales; -- said of certain birds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pycnogonid \Pyc*nog"o*nid\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       One of the Pycnogonida.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intercolumniation \In`ter*co*lum`ni*a"tion\, n. (Arch.)       The clear space between two columns, measured at the bottom       of their shafts. --Gwilt.          Note: It is customary to measure the intercolumniation in                terms of the diameter of the shaft, taken also at the                bottom. Different words, derived from the Greek, are in                use to denote certain common proportions. They are:                {Pycnostyle}, when the intercolumniation is of one and                a half diameters; {Systyle}, of two diameters;                {Eustyle}, of two and a quarter diameters; {Diastyle},                of three diameters; {Ar[91]ostyle}, of four or more,                and so great that a wooden architrave has to be used                instead of stone; {Ar[91]osystyle}, when the                intercolumniations are alternately systyle and                ar[91]ostyle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pycnostyle \Pyc"no*style\, a. [Gr. [?] with the pillars close       together; [?] close + [?] a column, pillar: cf. F.       pycnostyle.] (Anc. Arch.)       See under {Intercolumniation}. -n. A pycnostyle colonnade.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pygmy \Pyg"my\, n.; pl. {Pygmies}. [L. pygmaeus, Gr. [?], fr.       [?] the fist, a measure of length, the distance from the       elbow to the knuckles, about 131 inches. Cf. {Pugnacious},       {Fist}.] [Written also {pigmy}.]       1. (Class. Myth.) One of a fabulous race of dwarfs who waged             war with the cranes, and were destroyed.          2. Hence, a short, insignificant person; a dwarf.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pygmy \Pyg"my\, Pygmean \Pyg*me"an\, a. [L. pygmaeus. See       {Pygmy}.]       Of or pertaining to a pygmy; resembling a pygmy or dwarf;       dwarfish; very small. [bd] Like that Pygmean race.[b8]       --Milton.          {Pygmy antelope} (Zo[94]l.), the kleeneboc.          {Pygmy goose} (Zo[94]l.), any species of very small geese of             the genus {Nettapus}, native of Africa, India, and             Australia.          {Pygmy owl} (Zo[94]l.), the gnome.          {Pygmy parrot} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of very             small green parrots ({Nasitern[91]}), native of New Guinea             and adjacent islands. They are not larger than sparrows.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sperm whale \Sperm" whale`\ (Zo[94]l.)       A very large toothed whale ({Physeter macrocephalus}), having       a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth.       In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a       large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This       whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet.       It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called       also {cachalot}, and {spermaceti whale}.          {Pygmy sperm whale} (Zo[94]l.), a small whale ({Kogia             breviceps}), seldom twenty feet long, native of tropical             seas, but occasionally found on the American coast. Called             also {snub-nosed cachalot}.          {Sperm-whale porpoise} (Zo[94]l.), a toothed cetacean             ({Hypero[94]don bidens}), found on both sides of the             Atlantic and valued for its oil. The adult becomes about             twenty-five feet long, and its head is very large and             thick. Called also {bottle-nosed whale}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pyjamas \Py*ja"mas\, [or], chiefly U. S., Pajamas \Pa*ja"mas\,       n. pl.       A garment, similar to the Oriental pyjama (which see),       adopted among Europeans, Americans, and other Occidentals,       for wear in the dressing room and during sleep; also, a suit       of drawers and blouse for such wear.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pyogenic \Py`o*gen"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] pus + root of [?] to be       born.] (Med.)       Producing or generating pus.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Paicines, CA       Zip code(s): 95043
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Paxinos, PA       Zip code(s): 17860
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Pecan Acres, TX (CDP, FIPS 56462)       Location: 32.97002 N, 97.47443 W       Population (1990): 1587 (692 housing units)       Area: 49.4 sq km (land), 4.8 sq km (water)
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Pecan Gap, TX (city, FIPS 56468)       Location: 33.43664 N, 95.85155 W       Population (1990): 245 (131 housing units)       Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 75469
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Pecan Grove, TX (CDP, FIPS 56482)       Location: 29.62583 N, 95.73136 W       Population (1990): 9502 (3466 housing units)       Area: 22.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Peconic, NY (CDP, FIPS 56968)       Location: 41.03898 N, 72.46493 W       Population (1990): 1100 (639 housing units)       Area: 12.5 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
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Pequannock, NJ       Zip code(s): 07440
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Pequannock Township, NJ (CDP, FIPS 58125)       Location: 40.96333 N, 74.30374 W       Population (1990): 12844 (4385 housing units)       Area: 18.2 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
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Pickens, AR       Zip code(s): 71662    Pickens, MS (town, FIPS 57200)       Location: 32.89089 N, 89.96842 W       Population (1990): 1285 (454 housing units)       Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 39146, 39179    Pickens, SC (town, FIPS 56140)       Location: 34.88278 N, 82.70811 W       Population (1990): 3042 (1377 housing units)       Area: 6.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 29671    Pickens, WV       Zip code(s): 26230
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Pickens County, AL (county, FIPS 107)       Location: 33.28380 N, 88.08408 W       Population (1990): 20699 (8379 housing units)       Area: 2283.0 sq km (land), 22.4 sq km (water)    Pickens County, GA (county, FIPS 227)       Location: 34.46452 N, 84.46497 W       Population (1990): 14432 (6403 housing units)       Area: 601.3 sq km (land), 1.7 sq km (water)    Pickens County, SC (county, FIPS 77)       Location: 34.88868 N, 82.72385 W       Population (1990): 93894 (35865 housing units)       Area: 1287.0 sq km (land), 38.7 sq km (water)
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Pickensville, AL (town, FIPS 59592)       Location: 33.22665 N, 88.26557 W       Population (1990): 169 (85 housing units)       Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Pigeon Creek, OH (CDP, FIPS 62578)       Location: 41.11095 N, 81.67316 W       Population (1990): 1008 (312 housing units)       Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Pocomoke City, MD (city, FIPS 62475)       Location: 38.06711 N, 75.56194 W       Population (1990): 3922 (1682 housing units)       Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 21851
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Pocono Summit, PA       Zip code(s): 18346
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Poquonock Bridge, CT (CDP, FIPS 61730)       Location: 41.34905 N, 72.02814 W       Population (1990): 2770 (1028 housing units)       Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
pessimizing compiler /pes'*-mi:z`ing k*m-pi:l'r/ n.   A compiler    that produces object [antonym of techspeak `optimizing compiler']    code that is worse than the straightforward or obvious hand    translation.   The implication is that the compiler is actually    trying to optimize the program, but through excessive cleverness is    doing the opposite.   A few pessimizing compilers have been written    on purpose, however, as pranks or burlesques.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
paging          A technique for increasing the memory space       available by moving infrequently-used parts of a program's       working memory from {RAM} to a secondary storage medium,       usually disk.   The unit of transfer is called a page.          A {memory management unit} (MMU) monitors accesses to memory       and splits each address into a page number (the most       significant bits) and an offset within that page (the lower       bits).   It then looks up the page number in its page table.       The page may be marked as paged in or paged out.   If it is       paged in then the memory access can proceed after translating       the {virtual address} to a {physical address}.   If the       requested page is paged out then space must be made for it by       paging out some other page, i.e. copying it to disk.   The       requested page is then located on the area of the disk       allocated for "{swap space}" and is read back into {RAM}.   The       page table is updated to indicate that the page is paged in       and its physical address recorded.          The MMU also records whether a page has been modified since it       was last paged in.   If it has not been modified then there is       no need to copy it back to disk and the space can be reused       immediately.          Paging allows the total memory requirements of all running       tasks (possibly just one) to exceed the amount of {physical       memory}, whereas {swapping} simply allows multiple processes       to run concurrently, so long as each process on its own fits       within {physical memory}.          (1996-11-22)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PCI Mezzanine Card          (PMC) A family of low profile {mezzanine} cards for       {VMEbus}, {Futurebus+}, desktop computers and other computer       systems with logical and electrical layers based on the       {Peripheral Component Interconnect} (PCI) specification.   PMC       is defined in {IEEE} P1386.1 and follows the {Common Mezzanine       Card} (CMC) mechanical specification.          PCI2.0 defines a 4.2 inch by 12.3 inch board that plugs       perpendicularly into a {mother board}.          (1994-10-06)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PCMCIA          {Personal Computer Memory Card International       Association}.   (Or People Can't Memorise Computer Industry       Acronyms).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
pessimising compiler          /pes'*-mi:z"ing k*m-pi:l"r/ (Antonym of "{optimising       compiler}") A {compiler} that produces {object code} that is       worse than the straightforward or obvious hand translation.       The implication is that the compiler is actually trying to       optimise the program, but through excessive cleverness is       doing the opposite.   A few pessimizing compilers have been       written on purpose, however, as pranks or burlesques.          (1995-02-01)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Phase Encoded          (PE) A recording method used for 1600 BPI {magnetic       tapes}.          Compare {NRZI}, {GCR}.          (1996-02-03)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PKUNZIP          A program to unpack {archives} created by       {PKZIP}, written by {PKWARE, Inc.} and released as       {shareware}.   Versions exist for {MS-DOS}, {Microsoft Windows}       and {Open VMS}.   PKUNZIP is no longer distributed, its       functions having been incorporated into PKZIP.          (1999-01-07)